Jobs of the Future

Demand for both “digital” and “human” factors is driving growth in the professions of the future. Seven key professional clusters are emerging in tandem. On the one hand, these reflect the adoption of new technologies—giving rise to greater demand for green economy jobs, roles at the forefront of the data and AI economy as well as new roles in engineering, cloud computing and product development.

On the other hand, emerging professions also reflect the continuing importance of human interaction in the new economy, giving rise to greater demand for care economy jobs; roles in marketing, sales and content production; as well as roles at the forefront of people and culture. Indeed, the future of work shows demand for a broad variety of skills that match these professional opportunities, inclusive of both disruptive technical skills but also specialized industry skills and core business skills.

The highest-growth jobs of tomorrow span all seven profession clusters. The roles with the highest rate of growth within high-volume jobs include Artificial Intelligence Specialists, Medical Transcriptionists, Data Scientists, Customer Success Specialists and Full Stack Engineers. Within lowervolume jobs, the highest growth is in Landfill Biogas Generation System Technicians, Social Media Assistants, Wind Turbine Service Technicians, Green Marketers and Growth Hackers.

The highest-demand skills required in these emerging professional clusters span both technical and cross-functional skills. Increasing demand for high-growth professions has further driven the value of a range of distinctive skill sets that underwrite these seven professional clusters and their promise of growth and prosperity in the new economy. These in-demand skills can be divided into five distinct skills clusters: Business Skills, Specialized Industry Skills, General and Soft Skills, Tech Baseline Skills and Tech Disruptive Skills.  

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, demographic change, industrial transitions and changing consumer needs are creating demand for millions of new jobs, with vast new opportunities for fulfilling people’s potential and aspirations. Yet the threat of unequal opportunity, job displacement and widening income inequality seem ever more present. With societal unrest on the rise across much of the industrialized and emerging world, collaboration between the public and private sectors can advance an entirely different agenda—one in which people’s futures as well as global economic prospects are enhanced by mobilizing worldwide mass action on better education, jobs and skills. 

Read the full report here - http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Jobs_of_Tomorrow_2020.pdf data obtained for LinkedIn and Burning Glass