Well-paying jobs most likely to disappear in the next 10 years

[Newsjock]

Source: CNBC

Overall U.S. employment is expected to go up 10 percent in the next decade, but there are some professions that are actually expected to see their ranks shrink.

The reasons vary -- everything from outsourcing to technology to the economy.

... Here are disappearing jobs for those with bachelor's degrees, according to the Labor Department:

Reporters and Correspondents
Insurance Underwriters
Computer Programmers
Judges
Chemical Engineers
Advertising and Promotions Managers

Read more: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/110958/disappearing-jobs

[frazzled]

1. Judges only have bachelor's degrees?

Geez, I thought they went to law school.

As for reporters and correspondents: yeah, newspapers are dying. And we are the reason. What will we base our discussions on when all the reporters are gone? Talk amongst yourselves.

[SoCalDem]

5. Many judgeships are by appointment

so it's more important to have friends in high places :)

and many times you don't have to be a lawyer to be a judge.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

8. Only if you are a Justice of the Peace, I believe.

In Texas, you don't have to have a law degree if you are a J.P., but I have never heard of anyone who is any other kind of judge, including traffic court, county and district courts, that doesn't have a law degree.

That is a doctorate which consists of 90 semester hours of hell. It's about three times as hard as undergraduate and I say this as someone who grew up in a law office. I typed for my dad, I know all about petitions and wills and deeds, was a legal secretary and then a court reporter, and went to law school at night. It was still difficult.

[frazzled]

13. I think it's saying there won't be many judgeships for those with BAs

Similarly, I wonder if there could be many jobs for chemical engineers without an advanced degree. Not that I know anything about chemical engineering.

The more I look at that list, the more kind of bullshitty it seems. We're seeing 2 to 4% projected decreases in jobs--and for people who hold only a bachelor's degree--in fields that don't employ too many people to begin with.

Insurance Underwriters
Employed in U.S.: 103,000
Change expected in next decade: -4%

Computer Programmers
Employed in U.S.: 426,700
Change expected in next decade: -3%

Judges
Employed in U.S.: 26,900
Change expected in next decade: -3%

Chemical Engineers
Employed in U.S.: 31,700
Change expected in next decade: -2%

Relatively speaking, we're not talking about huge numbers of job losses here.

Advertising and Promotions Managers
Employed in U.S.: 44,600
Change expected in next decade: -2%

[WCGreen]

15. You have to be an attorney and in practice for a certain amount of time

as determined by the state.

Curiously, the only Judges who don't need a law degree are Supreme Court Justices.

[Quantess]

2. Oh, I see. So it's only going to continue to get worse.

Awesome.

[bluestateguy]

3. Computer programmers? That "prediction" is 10 years old

nt

[newportdadde]

11. Yes and that prediction was true and it is only going to get worse.

Ten years ago as a new college grad I had multiple offers on the table, taken out for ala carte steak dinners etc.. as a kid. I joined a major US company with an IT department of 400-500 people, that same department is 200 at best now, the remainder being filled by onshore and offshore workers. We have hired literally less then 10 new hires in the past 7 years. Instead of backfilling we expect everyone to do more spreading skills thinner and thinner.

The profession has taken a major hit and will only continue to do so as we allow work to be done overseas and via H1Bs.

[Writer]

4. Apparently, this journalist still thinks CS graduates work on the UNIVAC.

Computer programmer? Eeek.

[KansasVoter]

14. Been doing it 30 years, coding for iPhone now, still call myself a computer programmer!

[treestar]

6. Judges can't be outsourced

I don't know why that would be, unless one predicts court closings or perhaps more resort to mediators.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. And one day the bauble makers will wake up

to an impoverished population that cannot afford the crap... which serves as an anesthetic... a population that slowly will begin a process of radicalization.

Why am I saying that? Mostly PAST is PROLOGUE...

While there were not that many baubles during the 19th century, there was a whole continent to conquer, aka a safety valve, and many people made a good living by moving west. (Or as good as you could in the 19th century, but they could afford things in good years, and staved in bad ones)

Well these years that safety valve are them baubles...

What happened in the early 20th century when that safety valve went away? Yep, you guessed it, workers became slowly radicalized.

Ain't history a joy? I mean especially when people REFUSE to learn from it.

[SmileyRose]

9. I notice "congressional lobbyist" isn't on that list.

I'm shocked - truly shocked.

No really........














:silly:

[pnwmom]

10. And meanwhile we're pushing everyone to go to 4 yr. college. Where's the disconnect? n/t

[regnaD kciN]

12. If Republicans regain power: "All of them"

:-(