Jobs that Died in 2011

As a teacher, I'm always interested in the up and coming jobs for my millennial students. I keep my eye out for those stories that declare what the ten most in-demand jobs are now or the top five jobs today that didn't exist five years ago.

This story, though, caught my eye: jobs that died in 2011.

Here are the doomed species:

1. US Postal Carrier. Their sweet retirement packages are killing them. As is the fact that they haven't been able to adapt very well to the flat world. Don't believe me? Look at how different both UPS and Fed Ex are from what they were 10 years ago. But the US Post Office? How have they really changed in the past 50 years? Bill pay on line and email have killed them. They need to adapt or their pensions will sink them for sure.

2. Real Estate Agents. Is this a surprise to anyone? After the housing disaster who even wants to venture in to this field anymore?

3. Video Store Clerk. Please. We have iTunes, Netflix, and those pop machine size DVD rental machines in the grocery stores.

4. Toll Collectors/Operators. Thanks to technology, a simple scanner in a booth can pick up barcodes on your car and bill you.

5. Stock Brokers. I don't believe it. Like it or not, we will always need them. Until computers become sentient and can invest perfectly.