Do You Have What It Takes? —DeWese

There will probably be great opportunities for bank auditors in the future. After all, we can't afford any more Washington Mutuals or Wachovias. There will also be many job openings at the SEC for investigators to look into hedge funds, and investment funds in general.

The SEC can't stand any more heat from another Bernie Madoff scheme. As a matter of fact, you could probably carve out a career slot in prison supervision or as a guard within one of the country club prisons. A Madoff-type resident serving time in one of those cushy correctional facilities is not likely to attack a guard—that is, unless he accidentally drops the prisoner's golf bag.