The computer-based sciences are a dynamic sector for young job seekers these days. Engineering too is a great career track as engineers of all types are projected to be needed in the future, giving those types of positions great growth potential. Anyone looking to start a career or pursue a new career path can benefit from a focused look at what a certain job or line of work can promise in the coming years. To that end, jobs and career information hub CareerCast.

Not that long ago, accountants were often – and in a slightly derogatory way – referred to as “paper pushers” because of the vast quantities of paper records and receipts they dealt with. But these days, everything is going digital.  In fact, a child born today might never need to handle paper money in her life (save, perhaps, the bit of money left by the tooth fairy…).

Photo credit: Shutterstock Email is sort of like the Hydra—the monster in Greek mythology that grows more heads if you try to cut it down. We chase the fantasy that someday we’ll be all caught up on those looming messages that require a reply, but new messages just pile up faster than we can type. Texting, social media, team rooms and video conferencing have given us a profusion of other ways to communicate, but they show no signs of replacing that overflowing inbox of messages.

Shutterstock We’ve been taught since the nineteen-seventies to write about ourselves as though we were machines instead of people! We use horrible, done-to-death jargon like “Results-oriented professional” and “Motivated self-starter” in our resumes. That’s a great way to make yourself sound like every other banana in the bunch. You are nothing like those other bananas! You have a story that no one else has ever had or ever will.

Shutterstock A large-scale survey of the freelance economy shows that the number of freelance workers is growing quickly, with the number of U.S. freelancers hitting 55 million this year, up from 53 million in 2014 and 53.7 million last year. Freelancers now make up 35% of U.S.

STEPPING INTO HIS GOLD TOYOTA CAMRY, Dick Yuengling pauses to apologize. There are crumpled papers coating the floor, littering the seats, teeming from every crevice. And there’s such a thick film of dust on the dashboard that you wouldn’t be able to see the radio channel if it weren’t for a little swipe in the dirt made by his finger. This is the car of a billionaire. “It smells and it’s dirty,” he says with a shrug.

LinkedIn’s flagship app. The company now allows users to quietly signal to recruiters that they’re interested in hearing about new job opportunities. (Courtesy of LinkedIn) Employees’ LinkedIn inboxes can quickly pile up with messages from recruiters that might never get a response. But, a new job seeking feature could help make conversations with recruiters much more efficient.

Shutterstock Everyone who has ever job-hunted when they were out of money knows the crushing desperation of needing to get a job at all costs. We know what it feels like to go to a job interview thinking “I don’t care what this job is, what the boss is like, what the working hours are or how miserable this interview might be — I still want the job!” That feeling lasts until you sign the offer letter.

Yearning to join the club of the very richest Americans?  Yes, it helps to inherit a couple billion. But for the 266 self-made members of The Forbes 400 class of 2016, what is the recipe for success? For starters, a healthy dose of ambition and grit are essential. But finding the right industry to make your mark can make a significant difference. CEO of Amazon.com, Inc.

Shutterstock LinkedIn profiles are fast becoming like resumes in one impossible-to-ignore way: Everyone is an expert on how yours should appear, and how it shouldn’t. You know what I’m talking about. If you don’t, go ask five people around you what they think of your profile, and what you should do to change or improve it. And then just set back and wait for allllll the advice to roll in.