"Funeral sciences benefit from a moribund economy"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090908/ap_on_re_us/us_meltdown_funeral_science"At the age of 50, Willoughby is returning to college, joining a surge in student interest at the nation's schools that provide an education in the business and science of death, a field that historically garners greater interest as the job market worsens."
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"It just got to the point where your big players, your Honeywells, your DuPonts, everybody was laying off. So I said, 'I can't do this anymore. It's just too much of a roller-coaster ride...'" said Willoughby, of Dinwiddie, Va. "Funeral services, for lack of a better phrase, it's kind of a recession-proof industry."
"I can still remember just being completely nervous my first time that I was going to cut too deep and sever the artery or the vein," said John Jacobson, a 22-year-old working at a funeral home in DeKalb, Ill., a small city west of Chicago. "It was not exactly a pleasant experience."
Jacobson didn't go into funeral science just for the job security: his father is a funeral director and he was familiar with the business. But now the economy is quelling his second thoughts and making him thankful for 70-hour work weeks."
70 hours a week! I'd do it. It may be something worth looking into....