THE FUTURE JOBS AND THE DILEMMA OF PRESENT GENERATION

Today’s young people face the frustrating challenge of preparing for careers that may not even exist yet. Choosing a college major is hard enough without throwing in the distinct possibility that most of the jobs in your field will soon go by the wayside. Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions, claims 65% of kids will end up with jobs that have yet to be created.


Not only will we see new jobs in the future, but we’ll also see a lot of old jobs become obsolete. In a speech at The American Enterprise Institute, Bill Gates predicted that within just 20 years, many current jobs will be replaced by software automation. Gates emphasized the danger for low-skilled positions in particular, but added, “labor demand for lots of skill sets will be substantially lower.”



The idea of losing jobs to robots is an unsettling one, but not every profession will be affected. An article in The Economist looked at the probability of specific jobs sticking around in the future, even high-paying positions. Among the most likely to disappear or see significant job losses are telemarketers, accountants/auditors, retail salespersons, technical writers, real estate agents, and word processors
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So what will replace the high-paying jobs currently on life support?

A 2014 article published by FuturistSpeaker.com, listed 162 jobs of the future, highlighting possibilities including atmospheric water harvesters, fear containment managers, and drone traffic optimizers.
Career Addict cited three jobs likely to be born out of technological advancements: AI creator, crowdfunding specialist, and cryptocurrency banker.

Many jobs of the future are a result of the “collaborative 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 so many of these jobs are about people coming together,” he said. Sparks & Honey, a New York-based advertising firm that monitors workplace trends, published a presentation listing 20 careers that will exist in the future.

AOL Jobs partnered with the agency to determine the high-paying positions we have to look forward to in the future. Without further ado, here are 10 jobs of the future that either don’t exist yet or will soon see great expansion, compiled by AOL Jobs and Sparks & Honey.

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 It's easy to be pessimistic about the prospect of finding a six-figure career in America. Increasingly, workers are forced to get by as freelancers, and roughly 60 percent of positions created since the financial crisis began have been low-wage.

But the new economy does create opportunities -- the key is to find where they will be before everyone else does. And it's highly likely the future economy will be chock full of unprecedented professions; roughly half of the 125 executives recently polled by executive search firm Korn/Ferry predicted that at least half of the undergraduate class of 2017 will end up in jobs and careers that don't yet exist. And so AOL Jobs solicited the help of Sparks & Honey, the New York-based advertising firm that monitors workplace trends. The firm uncovered all kinds of high-paying jobs, most of which don't even exist today.

Any common thread to the gigs? In making jobs projections, Sparks & Honey found that many jobs of the future are a result of the "collaborative economy," as company CEO Terry Young told AOL Jobs in an interview. "Increasingly, we have platforms like online payment systems to transfer funds and social networks to enable collaboration, and so many of these jobs are about people coming together," he said. See below for ten.

1. Bot Lobbiest

Job Description: This specialist will be paid to create phony social media accounts that help promote a client's business or other marketing needs.

2. Future Currency Speculator

Job Description: As Bitcoin and other virtual currencies continue to gain traction, a future currency speculator will specialize in the investment opportunities that will abound in this new market.

3. Productivity Counselors

Job Description: With workplaces increasingly tracking the returns on their every investment, workers will need help boosting what they can offer. So this expert will provide advice on a range of topics including wellness and time management.

4. Microbial Balancer

Job Description: A trained balancer will help assess the microbial composition of any environment as concerns increase over dangerous bacterial agents that could even take the form of weapons. The appeal of this new worker will also increase as scientific detection of bacteria improves.

5. Meme Agent

Job Description: You don't have to be a celebrity to be a celebrity anymore, especially if your star is hitched to a viral meme on the internet. And a meme agent will represent and advocate for the latest sensation.

6. Big Data Doctor

Job Description: Providing a proper diagnosis is as old a medical process as the taking of the Hippocratic oath. But with the rise of "big data," a new class of doctors will seek to treat patients by focusing more on their their biographic profile and personal data points than their latest ailment.

7. Crowdfunding Specialist

Job Description: This expert will provide advice on how to promote and attain funds for a project through crowd funding on websites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo

8. Jobs of the Future Specialist/Recruiter

Job Description: Perhaps the only constant of the future job market is that there will be no constant, as jobs and tasks will be in constant flux. This specialist will provide continuing advice on how to remain relevant in the workforce.

9. Disorganizer/Corporate Disruptor

Job Description: This expert will be called in to shuffle existing systems in companies to create start-up culture and welcome, organized chaos.

10. Privacy Consultant

Job Description: This consultant will help provide solutions to holes and dangers in an individual's digital presence.

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