To be or not to be

Little kids are regularly asked - what do you want to be when you grow up? Some of us have yet to make that determination and we're well into being a grown up. NPR posted a fascinating look at

the jobs humans once held, entire professions are now extinct. Click through the gallery below to see examples of endangered professions, from milkman to telegrapher, and hear from people who once filled those oft-forgotten jobs.

If you're thinking about what you'd like to do before the job becomes obsolete - check out the Georgia Career Information Center. It is a stand alone site that I'm sending you to through the listing in GALILEO.

What I like the most about the GCIS is the Skills Assessment because SKILLS helps you identify occupations that use the skills you like. It also helps you recognize skills that transfer between occupations. You can use SKILLS to select occupations to explore, identify ways to modify your career direction, or prepare for a job interview. When I took this self assessment the job it said I was most likely to succeed in was - drum roll, please - librarian. I admit to laughing out loud.

If you're not sure what you want to be - check out the GCIS.

You will need the password to get into Galileo. Select Databases A-Z, then G, scroll to Georgia Career Information Center. The login and password for GCIS is in the more information section.


-kls