The youth of today face the frustrating challenge of preparing for careers that may not exist after a few years graduation or in the wake of his professional life. The choosing an undergraduate study It's hard enough to have to also think that very soon the works created for the professional field in question could soon be reconsidered and totally obsolete.
Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the MacArthur Foundation for Digital Media and Learning Competitions, gives an overwhelming sentence affirming that 65% of the young people who study their career today will end up performing jobs that have not yet been created.
Not only will we see new jobs in the future, but we will also see many of the old jobs become meaningless. In a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, Bill Gates predicted that in just 20 years, many current jobs will be replaced by software automation. Gates emphasized the danger for low-skilled positions in particular, but added, "Manpower demand for many skill sets will be substantially lower."
The idea of losing jobs to robots is disturbing, but not all professions will be affected. An article in The Economist It looked at the likelihood that specific jobs would remain in the future, even in high-paying positions. Among the most likely to disappear or see the Significant job losses are telemarketers, accountants/auditors, retail salespeople, technical writers, and real estate agents.
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So what is going to replace today's highly paid jobs?
Un article 2014 published by FuturistSpeaker.com, listed 162 jobs of the future, highlighting the possibilities that include atmospheric water harvesters, fear containment managers, and drone traffic optimizers. CareerAddict cited three jobs that would likely be born out of technological advances: AI creator, crowdfunding specialist, and crypto banker.
5 professions or occupations that will disappear in 20 years
Many jobs of the future are the result of “sharing economy,” according to Sparks & Honey CEO Terry Young. “Increasingly, we have platforms like online payment systems to transfer funds and social networks to enable collaboration, and a lot of these jobs are about people coming together,” he said. Sparks & Honey, a New York-based advertising firm that monitors trends in the workplace, released a presentation listing the 20 careers that will exist in the future.
AOL Jobs partnered with the agency to determine the high paying positions what we have to look forward to in the future. Without further ado, here are 10 jobs of the future that don't exist yet or will soon see a big expansion, compiled by AOL Jobs and Sparks & Honey
10 Professions of the future
- lobbyist bot
A social “lobbyist” who will create fake social media accounts to help promote a client's business and marketing efforts. - future currency speculator
The growing virtual currency market will certainly need experts, one of whom will be the future currency speculator. - Productivity Advisors
These personal advisors will give advice on everything from wellness to time management to enable workers to prove their value to employers. - Microbial balancer
As concerns about dangerous bacterial agents increase and new forms of bacteria are discovered, trained balancers will be needed to assess their microbial composition. - meme agent
We have representative agents for celebrities from movies, music, sports, so in the future, even stars or people who become Internet memes will have representation as they could be recruited by big brands to be their image. - doctor of big data
Big Data is already having a growing influence in many industries and health care could be next, with a new class of doctors who will treat their patients based on biographical profile and personal data. - Crowdfunding Specialist
With the popularity of crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, there is a growing need for expert advisors to help raise funds to further your causes. - Future Job Specialist Recruiter
The rapidly changing job market is something that won't stop for quite some time in the near future, so a professional specializing in careers of the future will be of enormous value to job seekers. - Corporate Disruptor/Disruptor
A corporate disruptor will be called upon to shake things up in businesses whose systems and processes are no longer efficient. - Privacy consultant
New technology breeds new privacy concerns, so in the future people will need expert assistance to manage and protect all of their digital information.
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