Right now, the American job market is imploding, shedding tens of thousands of jobs in the last year alone, with more job losses on the horizon in 2009. If you’re currently in a field where you think there’s a danger of losing your job, you may want to consider changing your field and trying to work in some field of medicine or the health sciences.

If you’ve already gotten your Bachelor’s degree in another discipline, you can still move on to get one of the many Master of Science online degrees. Some good fields to get into currently are the Advanced Occupational Therapy program where you can learn to help people get back to a normal life after an accident or crippling illness. If that field interests you, then you should also consider getting into a Transitional Physical Therapy online course of study. Either one of those fields of therapy is not only personally rewarding but can enable you to stay employed for decades to come. And isn’t personal satisfaction just as important as job security. Why work in some field like sales or making widgets that doesn’t really matter when you can spend your time helping others and making the world a better place?

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