Travel agents: Our profession is not "obsolete" The American Society of Travel Agents has some strong words for a jobs listing website that recently listed its profession as "useless" thanks to the rise of the Internet. In an open letter to CareerCast.com, ASTA Senior Vice President Paul Ruden took issue with the site's inclusion of agents as among the most useless jobs in the nation, along with psychic mediums and shoe repairmen. "Most phases of the travel agent's job are accessible for users online and without fees," the site stated. Not true, Ruden said. If the site had done some investigation of the profession, it would have found the industry alive and well. "Basic… Read More