Getting ready for your first year at college and stuck on what major to pick? Maybe you're in need of something new and are thinking of switching job fields. Choose wisely, as not all jobs are created equal - especially in this faltering economy. Huffington Post recently listed off the top 10 industries that will lose the most jobs in the next decade. In other words, steer clear, or beware.

10. The Bureau of Labor Statistic predicts that the wired telecommunications industry, which provided 666,000 jobs in 2008, will lose 11% of its employment opportunities by the end of the next decade.

9. By 2018, the number of gas station industry jobs, which in 2008 stood at 843,000, is likely to be cut by 9%, according to the government report.

8. The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that around 23% of the jobs in the mining support industry -- which as of 2008 sustained around 328,000 jobs -- will be lost by 2018.

7. Think the worst is over for print media? The government estimates that within the decade that number will dwindle by nearly 25%, to 245,000.

6. Despite widespread outsourcing to overseas manufacturers, in 2008 there were only 155,000 jobs in cut and sew apparel manufacturing in the United States -- the industry with the fewest jobs on this list. The Bureau of Labor Statistics anticipates that the industry will lose 89,000 jobs -- 57% -- by 2018.

5. Whither Kinko's? The printing industry provided 594,000 jobs in 2008, of which the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates it will lose about 16%, bringing the number down to just under 500,000.

4. The postal service employed 748,000 people in 2008, but the government anticipates the number will fall 13% over the next decade to 650,000.

3. The auto parts industry contributed about 544,000 jobs to the U.S. economy in 2008. Despite massive bailouts of the Detroit automakers last year, the government predicts the industry that serves those companies will lose almost 19% of its jobs.

2. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the semiconductor manufacturing industry will lose almost 34% of its jobs by 2018. That would bring the industry's total jobs down to 287,000 from the 432,000 jobs the industry supported in 2008.

1. In 2008, there were 1,557,000 jobs in department stores -- more than any other industry on this list. But the government forecasts the industry will lose 159,000 of them -- more than 10% -- over the next ten years.

Some of these are no-brainers, but we hope this provides some insight on what to focus on when you're planning the next steps in your education and career.

via HuffingtonPost