Publish at March 14 2022 Updated March 18 2022
We bear uncertainty in a wide variety of ways. It is no wonder that ancient peoples turned to oracles or people claiming to fathom the future. Having even a vague image is already more reassuring than not knowing anything. However, many events remain unpredictable despite the trends. Just think of the covid-19 pandemic, which was certainly one of the possibilities without our being able to prevent it.
So what will be next for the professional world? After all, prospective studies tend to assert that 60% of the jobs of the future do not exist today. Indeed, we could find jobs in insect breeding, prosthetic manufacturers, avatar coaches and other sectors that will grow with global changes and societal needs.
Automation will also change many things. It has already eliminated manufacturing, customer service and even writing jobs. In fact, 14% of careers will disappear in 15 to 20 years with technological advances.
How do we prepare for an uncertain future and a transforming job market? Clues are present to indicate the sectors that will need labor. Let's just think about the technology sector that will create millions of jobs. Besides, the fear of this industry is the eventual shortage of skilled workers to fill all those positions. Because the loss of jobs in some settings will only systematically lead to their hiring in tech companies.
In the U.S., in an attempt to address this issue, the solution goes a lot through STEM education, programs that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math. By 2027, U.S. studies show that jobs requiring knowledge in these fields will climb by 13%. Yet STEM graduates are far less prevalent on U.S. soil than in China or India, where 1 in 4 students have such skills.
The demands aren't just in the IT sector. In engineering, the energy community will need people who specialize in renewable ones, people in financial management and the medical world will always benefit from new hires in both care and data processing. Work environments, whatever they may be, will require workers who can adapt to change, possessing agility. These skills make sense knowing that transformations will continue, even accelerate in the decades ahead.
What does this portend for what's next in the school environment? Already, it will need to be aligned with the needs of various industries. This will possibly require more flexible curricula that emphasize areas of study such as science and math. However, we must not forget languages and their mastery, which will be just as fundamental even with increasingly effective translators and proofreaders.
According to the organization France Stratégie, the evolution of employment should particularly favor young people with a Bac+3 and above. This means both everything and nothing. Thus, cutting-edge sectors will need personnel just as much as environments requiring less education but seeing a good part of their human resources retire like sales, building maintenance, etc.
To know which path to take when one may not exist requires knowing yourself well. Young people need to think about their strengths, weaknesses, what motivates and demotivates them, etc. They can then learn about future sectors through conferences and specialized sites talking about ecology, the future of industries or even office jobs that will be different.
Gaming can be a good way to get involved. For example, four coaches and trainers have created a card game dealing with 50 jobs in 5 major families. A work of nearly four years to present the facets of community managers, vertical farm farmers, etc.
No one can predict quite what will happen but it is possible to stay informed and curious about the future. For future generations than those already working, looking at the underlying trends helps to avoid professional "fragility" and to prepare for changes whether through training or career choices that won't be outdated in a couple of decades.
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