Chart showing employment opportunities shift over time. The hot profession today may not be so attractive several years down the road. Being prepared for change is the answer to future employment opportunities.

1. Changes in Employment: 1979-2009
Employment opportunities shift over time. The hot profession today may not be so attractive several
years down the road. Being prepared for change is the answer to future employment opportunities.
Chart produced by David Autor, MIT Professor of Economics. Study from which this chart was excerpted
can be found at http://economics.mit.edu/files/6343 (Chart on page 9). A summary of the study can be
found at http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2010/04/jobs-autor.
Bernard Markstein
U.S. Chief Economist
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