Blog 13

When reading chapter 17, I got the notion that we all seek job security because well we want to have a good paying job that we like to do.  On the down side to that, things can change on a whim.  Do we really ever have job security?  Brown (2012) discusses about 9/11 and hurricane Katrina that not only took a lot of lives, but also took jobs.  During 9/11 there was a national panic and there was a lot of money lost in those jobs.  This not only affected America, but other countries that needed to have communications with New York.  Natural disasters and other unfortunate events affect a lot of people and you never know when they are going to strike.  However if you think about it, even though lots of people did lose their jobs and people lose money, it also created a lot of jobs.  Someone had to clean the rumble and build new buildings, firefighters were involved, and police officers helped as well.  As much as disasters are terrible and ruin some people’s lives, they also help others in other fields.  I personally wish these things didn’t happen, but we cannot control them. 

            Going along with job security and what will be available in the future was kind of shocking when I saw the list that Brown (2012) found.  I saw that a lot of upcoming jobs were ones that did not need a higher degree other than the high school diploma like truck drivers and door to door sales person (Brown, 2012).  I understand that people in these fields that are in them now will be leaving them, but I feel that some of these careers are ones that get people started.  I mean that usually people do not stay long in these positions because people would like to have a bigger and better job.  I feel that they are there to help people work while they can get a degree for themselves so they can do something better with their lives.  But the question is now, should career counselors tell students that these are the jobs that you should be looking into?  We all want job security but some of the jobs listed are jobs that people tend to get burnt out in quickly.  I feel that these are some of the jobs that people don’t generally want except for a few.  I think it will be hard to be like, these are the future careers, enjoy.  I know that these future careers are not set in stone, but I wonder if there is a better future predictor that could be looked into that might provide a different kind of outlook.  Maybe break it down to what would be better for men to go into and then do the same for women.  It would be interesting to see if the results would be different. 

Brown, D. (2012). Career information, career counseling, and career development (10^th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Education, Inc.