There are many reasons why the types of jobs available to you in the future might change:
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What is changing? |
How can it affect jobs? |
Think about it! |
Which job areas will be important? |
| New technology is being developed all the time. |
New technology is the main reason for old jobs disappearing. |
Self-service machines at the supermarket. |
Electronics
Design engineering
Creative and media
ICT |
| People are living longer. |
People will need more health care and social care. |
More older people means young people will need to look after them. |
Health care
Social care
Bioscience
Pharmacology |
| The skills of people around the world are improving. |
There is more competition from the rest of the world. |
China is starting to design more products rather than just making them. |
Science
Engineering
Creative and media
Manufacturing
ICT
Finance |
| We must take more care of the environment. |
More research into saving energy and developing greener technologies. |
If we all start driving electric cars we’ll need skilled mechanics to maintain them. |
Engineering including motor vehicle
Chemical processing
Recycling
Agriculture
Energy and utilities |
However, we can expect millions of people to retire over the next few years from all job sectors. This means that we’ll need lots of young people to replace the jobs they leave.
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