{"id":136217,"date":"2016-09-10T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T07:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=136217"},"modified":"2016-09-10T09:50:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T07:50:54","slug":"these-are-the-sectors-to-focus-on-if-you-want-a-job-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/136217\/these-are-the-sectors-to-focus-on-if-you-want-a-job-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the sectors to focus on if you want a job in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\">\n<p>Two-thirds of Americans expect that within 50 years, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/2016\/03\/10\/public-predictions-for-the-future-of-workforce-automation\/pi_2016-03-10_workforce-automation_0-01\/\">robots and computers will do much of the work<\/a> humans do now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\">\n<p>And less than five years from now, according to the World Economic Forum\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_Future_of_Jobs.pdf\"><i>Future of Jobs<\/i><\/a> report, 5 million jobs will have been lost to automation. But technological advances \u2013 in robotics and machine learning, for example \u2013 will also create new jobs and change the skills that employers need from human workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\">\n<p>To compete in the future job market, workers \u2013 even those in occupations less directly affected by automation \u2013 will need to update their skillsets, the report says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\">\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at a few of the fastest growing occupations identified by the US <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/emp\/ep_table_104.htm\">Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_Future_of_Jobs.pdf\"><i>Future of Jobs<\/i><\/a> report, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3058422\/the-future-of-work\/these-will-be-the-top-jobs-in-2025-and-the-skills-youll-need-to-get-them\">skills you\u2019ll need to get them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jobs2030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136223 size-new-size\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jobs2030-640x370.jpg\" alt=\"jobs2030\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jobs2030-640x370.jpg 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jobs2030-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jobs2030-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jobs2030.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\">\n<ul>\n<li>Software developer, computer systems analyst and market-research and marketing specialist jobs are set to grow by around a fifth between now and 2024, according to the BLS. For these jobs, technology and computational thinking skills will be vital.<\/li>\n<li>Medical technicians, physical therapists, and workplace ergonomics expert jobs are set to see increased demand, as care-giving becomes an increasingly important skill in an ageing society.<\/li>\n<li>Sales and marketing specialists and customer service representative jobs are also set to grow. Sales-related jobs are one of the top five growth areas, according to the <i>Future of Jobs<\/i> report. Social and emotional intelligence and understanding new media platforms and how to communicate effectively will be valuable skills, particularly while robots struggle to master them.<\/li>\n<li>In a fast-changing world, education and training jobs are expected to increase \u2013 at number six on the <i>Future of Jobs<\/i> report list of growth sectors.<\/li>\n<li>Management analysts, accountants and auditors will see double-digit growth, with adaptability and business acumen being particularly desirable skills for these roles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\">\n<p>By 2020 more than a third of the core skillset of most occupations will be made up of skills that are not considered crucial to the job today, according to the <i>Future of Jobs<\/i> report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\">\n<p>This table shows which job sectors are likely to see the most &#8220;skills instability&#8221;. For example, 43% of the skills currently needed to perform well in the financial services and investors industry will soon become redundant.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jobsin2020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136221\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jobsin2020.jpg\" alt=\"jobsin2020\" width=\"370\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jobsin2020.jpg 370w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jobsin2020-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Jobsin2020-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This article was published by the World Economic Forum and can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2016\/09\/job-in-2025-skills-sectors-to-focus-on?utm_content=buffer58be5&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on employment<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/117410\/most-south-african-jobs-can-be-done-by-robots\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Most South African jobs can be done by robots<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/90442\/prepare-for-civil-unrest-in-south-africa-because-of-robots-and-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Prepare for civil unrest in South Africa because of robots<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-thirds of Americans expect that within 50 years, robots and computers will do much of the work humans do now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":136219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9878],"tags":[26,1942],"class_list":["post-136217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-headline","tag-wef"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136263,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136217\/revisions\/136263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}