Which jobs will be in demand in the future? We present study results and show which jobs could emerge in the future.
The World Economic Forum has analyzed that 65% of all primary school children today will later work in jobs that we do not even know about today. What jobs could these be? We have looked at various studies and present the results below.
An international Delphi study ventures a prediction for the state of work in 2050. According to the study, experts assume that many activities can be automated. This will leave areas of work that are characterized by human skills such as creativity or empathy, or that are newly developed. The study specifically names the following as possible jobs of the future:
Some of these jobs are still difficult to grasp today. The study therefore provides an example: The Empathy Interventionist. It can be seen in connection with machine learning as one of the biggest job growth areas. It is used when machines at the interfaces can no longer explain human reactions - they call in empathy interventionists for help.
To put it simply: When machines cannot explain things, people come into play to explain people to machines.
The Swiss magazine Fritz + Fränzi has compiled another collection of new jobs in the future based on international studies and texts. As an extract, we present here 5 jobs that could exist in a few years because they will meet needs that are only just emerging and/or take advantage of new opportunities.
Fact checker: Check media information for accuracy. A logical consequence in times of increasing fake news and conspiracy theories that go viral.
Offline therapist: Work with patients to develop solutions to reduce their online time.
Drone Traffic Manager: Responsible for monitoring autonomous flying objects in the airspace.
Digital undertaker: Takes action after a person's death and takes care of their digital legacy (e.g. social media accounts, personal websites, etc.) and carries out deletion ceremonies, for example.
Expert in sustainable procurement: Helps companies find ethical, environmentally and socially sustainable sources for services and materials.
The complete list is available here.
A study by Deloitte Like the Delphi study mentioned above, the jobs of the future will be characterized by empathy and creativity. In addition, human interaction, teamwork and analytical approaches will become increasingly important in the world of work.
The study also concludes that jobs in demand in the future will be knowledge-intensive. They require a high level of expertise and specialization based on academic qualifications. In contrast to jobs with declining demand in the future and/or increased automation, the jobs of the future will have a three times higher proportion of academics.
With regard to STEM experts, the study predicts an increase in demand by 16% by 2035. This professional group thus symbolically embodies the increase in the number of experts and specialists required for jobs that will be in greater demand in the future.
The Office of Labor Statistics (Bureau of Labor Statistics/BLS) in the USA has not presented any “newly emerging” jobs of the future, but has published a top 10 list of jobs with the fastest growing demand up to 2030. The forecast is:
Places 1 and 3 are explained by the planned expansion of wind power and solar energy. Jobs in IT and data processing are already in high demand due to the increasing digitalization and it is not surprising that jobs in the healthcare sector also make up the lion's share of the ranking. After all, the proportion of older people will increase in the next few years, just as it is here in Germany and in the USA, and the need for nursing staff will increase accordingly.
This also fits a study of the Federal Institute for Vocational Training (BIBB) and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). It predicts that in 2040 most people in Germany (around 7 million) will work in medical and social institutions.
The study results provide a first impression of what new jobs we could expect in the next 10-20 years. One trend is clear: while the demand for staff in healthcare and STEM professions will continue to rise and jobs that can be easily automated will become increasingly rare, new fields of activity will emerge in parallel that will require expert knowledge on the one hand and will be strongly characterized by soft skills such as empathy and creativity on the other.
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