The Layoff Lady

Watch out! These 9 jobs will disappear

If you're not sure if your job is on its way out, check out Investopedia.com's list of the nine jobs that you won't see in 10 years:

1.) Bank Tellers - As the use of ATMs and online banking continues to increase, the need for tellers decreases, unless there's a need for complex transactions.

2.) File Clerks - Imaging, electronic forms, and improved process efficiency reduced the need to maintain paper files, and the people that manage them. A huge threat to file clerks is the move toward environmental sustainability, which strives to save trees by using less paper.

3.) Telephone Operators - It's rare to call a company and reach a live human. Instead, it's more cost effective for companies to use an automated system that prompts callers to select options to obtain information.

4.) Data Entry Clerks -In order to eliminate human error and streamline processes, more companies forgo data entry personnel in favor of an online system that will aggregate data and share it across programs.

5.) Mail Clerks - E-mails, pre-printed postage stamps, and online mailing services, allow mail clerks to do their job with less people.

6.) Photo Processors - These days people choose to print their photos using self-service kiosks. Photo processors who run machines in retail stores, as well as in processing centers, are becoming obsolete.

7.) Travel Agents - Most if not all travelers use online travel site to book their trips and vacations. Travel agents are only required to book long or complicated trips.

8.) Watch Salesperson- Do you still wear a watch? Most people check their cell phone or other electronic devices for the time. What's more, if you want a watch you can just pick one out for yourself online.

9.) Video Store Clerk - The popularity of streaming videos and Netflix DVDs have rendered video stores and the employees that man them obsolete. And, the closure of Blockbuster Video chains across the country in 2009 left many clerks unemployed.

If your job appeared on this list it may be time to consult a career counselor at KCDEE.

Chicken, Roast Beef and SPAM

A small sized company can receive over 1,000 e-mails per day from the “outside”.  Quite often companies employ e-mail filters that catch hundreds of those (eighty percent or more) as SPAM. That SPAM may be Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (UCE) or malicious mail trying to get individuals to do something that will compromise their computer or personal information.  Unfortunately some mail getting past the company filter is still SPAM and makes it through to your Inbox. 

What about e-mail that you send to someone?  How can you help ensure that your mail is not filtered by the recipients SPAM filter?  Although there is no perfect way, you can do a couple of things to reduce the likelihood of your mail being stopped. 

1. Subject line - ALWAYS have a subject on your e-mail.  Make this specific to the message, so anyone reading it can immediately associate it with you or your company.  SPAM filters love to grab e-mail with a blank subject.
2. Content – Full complete sentences and paragraphs are less likely to trigger a SPAM filter.  Filters look for certain Keywords and use them to help determine legitimacy of the mail. 

While it is possible to use Filters within Outlook or most web-based email systems to send some incoming mail to your Junk E-mail folder, there are limits and potential problems with doing this. You will need to check your junk mail folders periodically to ensure that “real” mail is not being filtered there. If your company has an IT department, check with them about ways to improve your email filters.

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