The world of work will change dramatically in the next few decades. Even now, jobs are changing at a fast rate as machines and big data change the way we work and interact with each other. An aging population, medical technologies, and disrupted workplaces will also change people’s lifespans and career patterns. In schools, many students are learning skills in robotics, coding, social media marketing, app development and big data analytics to be well-prepared for the future.
Increasingly, jobs will involve humans working with machines, which means that future work will require people with technical/digital skills and those who can work at the interface between machines and people.
However, most of the jobs of the future do not yet exist. That makes it difficult to say exactly what people will need to do to get those jobs. However, the patterns are becoming clear — some skills will continue to be highly rewarded, while others are likely to be taken over by machines.
Deakin and Griffith University conducted research on jobs in the future by interviewing experts from different industries and came up with ‘100 jobs of the future’, aiming to provide a snapshot of potential future job worlds that will allow us to understand what skills and interests will be essential for us to thrive in the changing economy. Here are some examples of new jobs that you may be able to apply for in the future!
Do you have a strong interest in helping others? You can be a ….
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Or if you strongly believe that it is important to record precious memories, you may want to consider being a nostalgist!
Artist’s impression of a nostalgist
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Do you love drawing or designing? Or do you have interest in cars? Then you can consider being an autonomous vehicle profile designer!
Artist’s impression of autonomous vehicle profile designer
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The jobs mentioned above require skills and knowledge in different disciplines. Therefore, it is important for students to be creative and critical thinkers who know what relevant skills and knowledge to use when they face different circumstances at work.
Other skills that are of value:
- digital skills
- entrepreneurial skills, involving adaptability, autonomy and self-direction, in a situation where workers will need to sell their skills across many jobs, and incorporate freelance work in various industries
- STEM / STEAM skills
- Interpersonal skills will become more important as many routine jobs, or routine aspects of jobs, are taken over by machines, and there will be a need for people to work creatively at the human-computer interface.
- The ability to apply knowledge and skills from different disciplines
- An innovative mind that can carry out problem-solving in real-life
Find out the other jobs that you can do in the future from the website below: https://100jobsofthefuture.com/browse/
Which career sounds the most interesting to you?
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