Jobs With a Terrible Outlook

  • <b>Mail Carrier</b> <br> <br> Mail carrier Mike Gillis delivering mail in 2011, in Montpelier, Vt., and right, Microsoft Outlook being demonstrated on a desktop computer in 2013, in New York. The number of "mail carriers" in the U.S. fell 10 percent from 358,000 to 321,000 in ten years through 2010. <br><br> BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: -26% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20: -138,600
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    Mail Carrier

    Mail carrier Mike Gillis delivering mail in 2011, in Montpelier, Vt., and right, Microsoft Outlook being demonstrated on a desktop computer in 2013, in New York. The number of "mail carriers" in the U.S. fell 10 percent from 358,000 to 321,000 in ten years through 2010.

    BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: -26%

    Employment Change, 2010-20: -138,600
    AP Photo
  • <b>Telephone Switchboard Operators</b> <br> <br> The General Services Administration telephone switchboard and its operators in 1951, and right, Siri, Apple's virtual assistant, on the Apple iPhone 4S in 2011, in San Francisco. The number of switchboard and telephone operators in the U.S. fell from 182,000 to 73,000 in 10 years through 2010 because of new technology. <br><br> BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: -2% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20: -1,100
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    Telephone Switchboard Operators

    The General Services Administration telephone switchboard and its operators in 1951, and right, Siri, Apple's virtual assistant, on the Apple iPhone 4S in 2011, in San Francisco. The number of switchboard and telephone operators in the U.S. fell from 182,000 to 73,000 in 10 years through 2010 because of new technology.

    BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: -2%

    Employment Change, 2010-20: -1,100
    AP Photo
  • <b>Assembly Line Worker</b> <br> <br> A worker, left, assembling a motor in a Mercedes Benz factory in 2008 in Berlin, and a robot, right, painting a brake drum at Webb Wheel Products, in 2013, in Cullman, Ala.. Thanks to robots, Webb Wheel hasn't added a factory worker in over three years, though it's making 300,000 more drums annually, a 25 percent increase. <br><br> BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 5% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20: 88,000
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    Assembly Line Worker

    A worker, left, assembling a motor in a Mercedes Benz factory in 2008 in Berlin, and a robot, right, painting a brake drum at Webb Wheel Products, in 2013, in Cullman, Ala.. Thanks to robots, Webb Wheel hasn't added a factory worker in over three years, though it's making 300,000 more drums annually, a 25 percent increase.

    BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 5%

    Employment Change, 2010-20: 88,000
    AP Photo
  • <b>Toll Collector</b> <br> <br> Toll collector Anthony Morris working a booth at the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Catskill, N.Y., in 2012, and, right, Manisha Padhye holding up an E-Z Pass in 2009, in Broadview Heights, Ohio. Many middle-class workers have lost jobs because powerful software and computerized machines are doing tasks that only humans could do before. <br><br> BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 7% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20: 250,200
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    Toll Collector

    Toll collector Anthony Morris working a booth at the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Catskill, N.Y., in 2012, and, right, Manisha Padhye holding up an E-Z Pass in 2009, in Broadview Heights, Ohio. Many middle-class workers have lost jobs because powerful software and computerized machines are doing tasks that only humans could do before.

    BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 7%

    Employment Change, 2010-20: 250,200
    AP Photo
  • <b>Librarian</b> <br> <br> Steven Herman, left, head of the Library of Congress storage facility, at the Library of Congress in 2003, in Washington, and left, a "bookBot", an automated retrieval system at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library at North Carolina State University in 2013, in Raleigh, N.C. Many middle-class workers have lost jobs because powerful software and computerized machines are doing tasks that only humans could do before. <br><br> BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 7% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20:10,800
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    Librarian

    Steven Herman, left, head of the Library of Congress storage facility, at the Library of Congress in 2003, in Washington, and left, a "bookBot", an automated retrieval system at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library at North Carolina State University in 2013, in Raleigh, N.C. Many middle-class workers have lost jobs because powerful software and computerized machines are doing tasks that only humans could do before.

    BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 7%

    Employment Change, 2010-20:10,800
    AP Photo
  • <b>Travel Agent</b> <br> <br> Travel agent, Gabriele Herlitschka leafing through an Asia and Australia travel catalogue in her travel agency office in 2002, in Duesseldorf, Germany, and right, Expedia worker Mike Brown in an alcove set up for employees in 2013, in Bellevue, Wash. The number travel agents fell 46 percent from 142,000 to 76,000 in ten years through 2010. BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 10% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20: 8,300
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    Travel Agent

    Travel agent, Gabriele Herlitschka leafing through an Asia and Australia travel catalogue in her travel agency office in 2002, in Duesseldorf, Germany, and right, Expedia worker Mike Brown in an alcove set up for employees in 2013, in Bellevue, Wash. The number travel agents fell 46 percent from 142,000 to 76,000 in ten years through 2010. BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 10%

    Employment Change, 2010-20: 8,300
    AP Photo
<b>Mail Carrier</b> <br> <br> Mail carrier Mike Gillis delivering mail in 2011, in Montpelier, Vt., and right, Microsoft Outlook being demonstrated on a desktop computer in 2013, in New York. The number of "mail carriers" in the U.S. fell 10 percent from 358,000 to 321,000 in ten years through 2010. <br><br> BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: -26% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20: -138,600
<b>Telephone Switchboard Operators</b> <br> <br> The General Services Administration telephone switchboard and its operators in 1951, and right, Siri, Apple's virtual assistant, on the Apple iPhone 4S in 2011, in San Francisco. The number of switchboard and telephone operators in the U.S. fell from 182,000 to 73,000 in 10 years through 2010 because of new technology. <br><br> BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: -2% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20: -1,100
<b>Assembly Line Worker</b> <br> <br> A worker, left, assembling a motor in a Mercedes Benz factory in 2008 in Berlin, and a robot, right, painting a brake drum at Webb Wheel Products, in 2013, in Cullman, Ala.. Thanks to robots, Webb Wheel hasn't added a factory worker in over three years, though it's making 300,000 more drums annually, a 25 percent increase. <br><br> BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 5% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20: 88,000
<b>Toll Collector</b> <br> <br> Toll collector Anthony Morris working a booth at the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Catskill, N.Y., in 2012, and, right, Manisha Padhye holding up an E-Z Pass in 2009, in Broadview Heights, Ohio. Many middle-class workers have lost jobs because powerful software and computerized machines are doing tasks that only humans could do before. <br><br> BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 7% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20: 250,200
<b>Librarian</b> <br> <br> Steven Herman, left, head of the Library of Congress storage facility, at the Library of Congress in 2003, in Washington, and left, a "bookBot", an automated retrieval system at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library at North Carolina State University in 2013, in Raleigh, N.C. Many middle-class workers have lost jobs because powerful software and computerized machines are doing tasks that only humans could do before. <br><br> BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 7% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20:10,800
<b>Travel Agent</b> <br> <br> Travel agent, Gabriele Herlitschka leafing through an Asia and Australia travel catalogue in her travel agency office in 2002, in Duesseldorf, Germany, and right, Expedia worker Mike Brown in an alcove set up for employees in 2013, in Bellevue, Wash. The number travel agents fell 46 percent from 142,000 to 76,000 in ten years through 2010. BLS Job Outlook, 2010-20: 10% <br><br> Employment Change, 2010-20: 8,300
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Businesses are cutting costs wherever they can. Outsourcing jobs overseas where operation costs are lower is just one example. However, the proliferation of new technology is changing the landscape of America’s job market. Automation is yet another fast-growing method of cutting costs, as these technological advances become cheaper and easier to implement — replacing jobs previously held by humans.

Here are some professions that are suffering due to these technological advances:

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