Governing recently post their list of the 10 jobs that are disappearing most quickly. Here’s the list:

1. Telemarketers
2. File Clerks
3. Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors and Machine Operators
4. Bill and Account Collectors
5. Data Entry Keyers
6. Order Clerks
7. Chief Executives
8. Production Worker Helpers
9. Installation, Maintenance and Repair Worker Helpers
10. Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

It’s an interesting list. There are some that appear to be victims of automation – the production workers, order clerks and repair workers. There are some that are victims of the Internet – telemarketers anything related to the postal service. There is one that surprised me – telecom line installers. Governing points to cord-cutting as a factor.

I mention this because I think it’s valuable to think about the role broadband, not only as the cause of some job changes, but as the solution. If I were talking to kids about jobs (and I have teenagers, so I do), I would encourage them consider the new skills they need and new jobs that will be born of new opportunity.