A good job to have, if you don't mind occasionally dying

The World Wide Web is wonderful, giving you all kinds of helpful information. For example, lots of people are becoming increasingly anxious about losing their jobs, with good reason. Citi recently announced that it's shedding 50K jobs. HP is tossing more than 25K. Heck, even Tivo is letting people go.

In Massachusetts, every labor market (various combinations of cities, towns, and regions) had an increase in their unemployment rate, year over year, in September.

So, it's a good idea to look around for jobs that have a good prospect of riding out the storm. A page such The Best Recession-Proof Jobs is a good place to start. Number 5 on one of their lists is "Commercial fishing, because demand for fish is increasing in the U.S. even as foreign supply is declining."

One itsy-bitsy twist. Guess what profession tops the list of most dangerous jobs? Yep. From Forbes, via The Quick 10: Jobs in the U.S. With the Most Fatalities from mental_floss:

Topping the most-dangerous list: fishers and their staff. Thirty-eight fishermen--112 out of 100,000--died on the job last year, mainly off the frigid coasts of Alaska and Maine. There's a reason that Discovery show is called "Deadliest Catch."

Larry Simns--co-founder of Commercial Fishermen of America, a San Francisco-based nonprofit representing U.S. commercial fishermen--knows the pain. Last year Simms' friend Captain Philip Ruhle Jr. went down with his 80-foot squid ship in a storm roughly 40 miles off the coast of New Jersey.

"They all know the risks," says Simms. "There's a chance of getting killed, but you don't put a lot of emphasis on that. You're just extra cautious because you know you can't just get off the boat and walk home if something goes wrong."

Also, the Get Rich Slowly list includes construction worker as a good option, if you don't mind being #2 (Construction workers in the iron and steel industry) and #6 (Roofers) on the Forbes deadly 10.