The jobs of the future - 10 emerging jobs for 2022
Technological innovations are expected to create millions of jobs. The latest report Future of Jobs from the World Economic Forum, which identifies trends in 20 economies in 12 industrial sectors, suggests that 75 million jobs can be displaced by machines and algorithms between 2018 and 2022. The positive news is that 133 million new jobs will most likely be created during the same period..
We are seeing the creation and elimination of jobs in various labor sectors. The types of jobs that will arise and be eliminated will depend on the industry and the robotization, digitization and automation that is adopted.
The report also highlights that in today's market, 71% of total task hours in each industry profiled in the report are performed by humans, compared to 29% performed by machines or algorithms. But the researchers predict that by 2022, the change will increase with 58% of task hours performed by humans and 42% by machines and algorithms.
As an example, it is projected that by 2022, more than half of an organization's information-seeking and data-processing tasks, and perhaps even some reasoning, decision-making, and administrative tasks, will be performed by machines.
Emerging Jobs for 2022
Top 10 emerging jobs The main ones are those that require clearly "human" qualities. For example, jobs for sales professionals are expected to grow in the coming years.
Jobs in technology innovation and roles that include software and application development will also be in demand.
According to the report Future of Jobs from the World Economic Forum, top 10 emerging jobs by 2022 will include:
- Data analysts and scientists
- Specialists in artificial intelligence and machine learning
- General and Operations Managers
- Software and application developers and analysts
- Sales and marketing professionals
- Big Data Specialists
- Specialists in Digital Transformation
- Specialists in new technologies
- Organizational Development Specialists
- information technology services