Emerging Careers and Jobs (Winter/Spring 2006)
By Karen Litzinger, MA, LPC

Even if you're happily employed, it's always important to be looking ahead since people can expect to have five to six careers over one's lifetime. To help you follow trends, here is a list of careers identified by World Future Society members S. Norman Feingold and Norma R. Miller as emerging or growing over the next 10-25 years.

• Aquaculturist
• Benefits Analyst
• Computational Linguist
• Cryonics Technician
• Electronic Mail Technician
• Fusion Engineer
• Horticultural Therapist
• Image Consultant
• Information Center Manager
• Myotherapist
• Retirement Counselor
• Shyness Consultant
• Space Mechanic
• Underwater Archaeologist

In the Outlook 2006 report, some 42,000 new jobs are forecasted by 2015 in a solar industry boom. For more info: www.wfs.org/forecasts.htm

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Karen Litzinger, MA, LPC, owner of Litzinger Career Consulting, provides career counseling, job search advising, outplacement consulting, and business etiquette training. More information is available at www.KarensCareerCoaching.com