{"id":343,"date":"2019-07-24T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T06:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.futurecapable.com\/?p=343"},"modified":"2019-07-24T16:02:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T06:02:50","slug":"100-jobs-of-the-future-what-are-the-job-roles-that-could-be-created-in-the-next-few-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurecapable.com\/?p=343","title":{"rendered":"100 Jobs of The Future: what are the job roles that could be created in the next few years?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Media reports and scholarly literature alike tend to emphasise the jobs that might \/ will disappear over the next few years under the influence of automation and artificial intelligence. Some reports suggest that as many as 50% of job roles will disappear. Others suggest that work might eventually become a thing of the past entirely, resulting in either a leisure-based utopia and universal income for humans, or the end of society, economy, and possibly even civilisation as we know it.<\/p>\n

Over the past 5-6 years that I’ve been active in this area of research, I’ve worked to temper these claims. Yes, some roles have disappeared already (typesetter, switchboard operator, toll and parking fee collector…) It is very likely that other roles will follow behind them in the next few years (tax accountants, warehouse jobs, many types of customer service roles, telemarketers [yay!]…) Other jobs roles will continue to exist, but the tasks inside those roles will become more about (i) interacting with technology, and (ii) things that only humans can do (or things that it is too expensive for machines to do).<\/p>\n

I’ve always wanted to know about the other side of this story: Could there be jobs that become more common? Will there be entirely new jobs created?
\nThis is what the ‘100 jobs of the future’ research project is about.<\/p>\n

I (at Griffith University) worked with colleagues from Deakin University (Russel Tytler and Peta White), with funding supplied by Ford Australia, to try to figure out what the ‘uniquely human’ job roles might be in the next 20-30 years, including some entirely new roles. We explicitly wanted to provide a counterpoint to the ‘Robots are Coming For Our Jobs’ narrative, and to inspire young people to think about the possibilities that they might be able to find or create for themselves.<\/p>\n

We interviewed a range of experts in technology, science, and various social science-based fields, to figure out what the key broad trends were that might impact on the world of work over coming decades*. By overlaying these trends onto one another, we were able to construct job roles and descriptions, and an indication of the kinds of human capabilities that might be required to do them. We then built a quiz based on career theory to help young people identify future job roles that might suit them, and to get them started in developing their interests and capabilities.<\/p>\n

It was a really fun project. The report, quiz, and supporting educational materials are available at 100jobsofthefuture.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the jobs:
\n\u2022 100 year counsellor
\n\u2022 Forensic data analyst
\n\u2022 Energy and data systems installer
\n\u2022 Additive manufacturing engineer
\n\u2022 Freelance virtual clutter organiser
\n\u2022 Entomicrobiotech cleaners
\n\u2022 Aesthetician
\n\u2022 Fusionist
\n\u2022 Ethical hacker
\n\u2022 Aged health carer of the future
\n\u2022 Gamification designer
\n\u2022 Farm safety advisor
\n\u2022 Aged persons climate solutions consultant
\n\u2022 Genetics coach
\n\u2022 Flood control engineer
\n\u2022 Agroecological farmer
\n\u2022 Haptic technology designer
\n\u2022 Food knowledge communicator
\n\u2022 AI educator
\n\u2022 Health shaper
\n\u2022 Trendwatcher
\n\u2022 AI intellectual property negotiator
\n\u2022 Human habitat designer
\n\u2022 Virtual and augmented reality experience creator
\n\u2022 Algorithm interpreter
\n\u2022 Innovation manager
\n\u2022 Virtual assistant personality designer
\n\u2022 Analogue experience guide
\n\u2022 Integrated ecology restoration worker
\n\u2022 Virtual surgeon
\n\u2022 Automated transit system troubleshooter
\n\u2022 Integrated energy systems strategist
\n\u2022 Waste reclamation and upcycling specialist
\n\u2022 Automation anomaly analyst
\n\u2022 Integrated home technology brokers
\n\u2022 Water management specialist
\n\u2022 Autonomous vehicle profile designer
\n\u2022 Lifelong education advisor
\n\u2022 Weather control engineer
\n\u2022 Behaviour prediction analyst
\n\u2022 Local community co-ordinator
\n\u2022 Drone experience designer
\n\u2022 Biofilm plumber
\n\u2022 Machine-learning developer
\n\u2022 Early childhood teacher
\n\u2022 Bio-jacker
\n\u2022 Massive 3D printed building designer
\n\u2022 Terraforming microbiologist
\n\u2022 Biometric security solutions engineer
\n\u2022 Mechatronics engineer
\n\u2022 Biomimicry innovator
\n\u2022 Media remixer
\n\u2022 Bioprinting engineer
\n\u2022 Memory optimiser
\n\u2022 Blockchain talent analyst
\n\u2022 Multisensory experience designer
\n\u2022 Chief digital augmentation officer
\n\u2022 Nanomedical engineer
\n\u2022 Chief ethics officer
\n\u2022 Net positive architect
\n\u2022 Child assistant bot programmer
\n\u2022 New materials engineer
\n\u2022 Community farm finance broker
\n\u2022 Nostalgist
\n\u2022 Community support worker
\n\u2022 Nutri-gutome consultant
\n\u2022 Cricket farmer
\n\u2022 Offworld habitat designer
\n\u2022 Cross-cultural capability facilitators
\n\u2022 Personal brand manager & content curator
\n\u2022 Cyborg psychologist
\n\u2022 Personalised marketer
\n\u2022 Data commodities broker
\n\u2022 Predictive regulation analyst
\n\u2022 Data farmer
\n\u2022 Quantum computer programmer
\n\u2022 Data privacy strategist
\n\u2022 Real-virtual transfer shop manager
\n\u2022 Data storage solutions designer
\n\u2022 Regional community growth co-ordinator
\n\u2022 Data waste recycler
\n\u2022 Robot ethicist
\n\u2022 Data-based medical diagnostician
\n\u2022 Robot mechanic
\n\u2022 Decision support worker
\n\u2022 Satellite network maintenance engineer
\n\u2022 De-extinction geneticist
\n\u2022 Shadowtech manager
\n\u2022 Digital apiarist
\n\u2022 Sharing auditors
\n\u2022 Digital implant designer
\n\u2022 Smart dust wrangler
\n\u2022 Digital memorialists and archivists
\n\u2022 Space tourism operator
\n\u2022 DigiTech troubleshooter
\n\u2022 Sportsperson of the future
\n\u2022 Displaced persons re-integrator
\n\u2022 Sustainable energy solutions engineer
\n\u2022 Drone airspace regulator
\n\u2022 Swarm artist<\/p>\n

*I acknowledge that some have crticised the use of trends (and megatrends) to predict the future. These people argue that some of the most impactful influences are very difficult to predict – they are truly disruptive and result in what Kuhn would call paradigm shifts. This means that the some of the jobs in the list might be too ‘safe and predictable’, and too like our job roles of the present. I think that it’s still worthwhile to do the research. While not every job role we’re predicting will happen, and others will be too similar to jobs of today, it’s worthwhile to use the jobs we’ve created as a somewhat concrete launch point to think about the kinds of things we might be doing in 20-30 years time. In turn, we can use these jobs to inform our design of broad-based educational experiences so that people have the right kinds of capabilities.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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