Future Jobs

A Future Prognosis

Athena @ Shaping Tomorrow

24 March 2023
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World Outlook
Main factors that cause something to happen globally
While A.I. certainly stands to disrupt the workforce, an occurrence employers worldwide have been bracing for the last decade, some experts disagree that automation will lead to job obsolescence. Fortune
IBM and the Wond' ry' s collaboration is part of IBM's commitment to equipping 30 million people globally with new skills needed for the jobs of tomorrow by 2030. Vanderbilt University
Half of all jobs in the world will require a change in skill sets by 2027. Tech Wire Asia
Global regions, coloured according to number of forecasts
SWOT
Strengths
  • Thames Freeport estimates that it will generate over 12,000 new jobs, and as a gateway to London, its hubs are well placed to provide global shipping routes for exporting UK produced goods and importing vital products for supply chains. GOV.UK
  • In hydrogen production or advanced nuclear power, the United States is trying to retain its early technological advantage and turn its head start on R&D and basic science into a fully fledged domestic manufacturing industry that will generate hundreds of thousands of jobs. Heatmap News
  • Canada has a strong financial services sector, with many job opportunities available for skilled professionals. Recruitment File
Weaknesses
  • An estimated 85 million jobs are expected to go unfilled by 2030 due to a need for more skilled workers. Taos - An IBM Company
  • French employees are the most likely to leave a job due to poor pay or benefits, and they also care a lot about opportunities to climb the career ladder. Docebo
  • No longer will Iran stand alone to confront an alliance of Arabs and Israelis, which the United States hoped would do the difficult job of containing it. Foreign Affairs Magazine
Opportunities
  • A new study from researchers at Princeton University looks to work out the specific jobs most threatened by AI, mapping 10 applications which are powered through AI against 52 human abilities, such as oral comprehensive, oral expression and inductive reasoning. lovemoney.com
  • Healthcare looks set to benefit too, with PwC estimating that AI-assisted healthcare technician jobs will see an upward surge. TNW | Future-Of-Work
  • Cancellation of Defence projects will result in lost regional spending, in lost jobs and loss of investment for defence industry. / Samoa The West Australian
Threats
  • Progressives largely see technology (with the exception of renewable energy technology) as a threat to their vision (it kills jobs, hurts privacy, destroys the planet, etc.). Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
  • Amazon recently announced another 9,000 job cuts across its cloud services, advertising, and Twitch units as recession fears loom. Mint
  • Most American jobs are at risk of being impacted by AI like ChatGPT. Insider
Influencers
Countries
Cities
People
Organizations
S-Curve

A framework that describes a 4-phase level of maturity to help determine potential and inform innovation strategy.

Weak
job, artificial intelligence, autonomous, automation, Mars, augmented
Emerging
artificial intelligence, job, automation, EV, 5G, economy
Maturing
job, economy, clean, GDP, company, employment
Declining
job, economy, automation, GDP, employment, coal
Sentiment
Past Year: Stable
Compare changing sentiment to a benchmark of all forecasts
Up to 20 million manufacturing jobs around the world could be replaced by robots by 2030, while about 1.7 million manufacturing jobs have already been lost to robots since 2000, including 400,000 in Europe, 260,000 in the US, and 550,000 in China. News18
The Future of Jobs Report published by the World Economic Forum in 2022, states that AI is likely to replace 85 million jobs globally by 2025. Emeritus
PEST
Political
  • An Idaho hospital has discontinued all OB services, in part because Idaho's strict abortion laws are scaring off doctors who fear prosecution for doing their jobs. Center for Inquiry
  • The continuing freeze on fuel duty will benefit drivers of fuel-guzzling SUVs, and would leave the UK on the starting blocks while other countries - including the US, the EU and China - are racing ahead in creating green jobs. The Guardian
  • Fiscal policy can do a better job to address the domestic effects of global challenges such as supply-chain disruptions and energy-price imbalances. Project Syndicate
Economic
  • French employees are the most likely to leave a job due to poor pay or benefits, and they also care a lot about opportunities to climb the career ladder. Docebo
  • Making additional tax reductions on personal incomes and businesses in subsequent years will enable New Brunswick to attract investment, jobs, high-skilled workers and entrepreneurs. The Fraser Institute
  • For Santander, the forest bioeconomy has vast potential to reverse deforestation, increase the value of forests, create jobs and sources of income, and spur development. EuropaWire.eu
Social
  • Several years ago the World Economic Forum, African Development Bank, and World Bank issued a report estimating that Africa's population is growing significantly faster than job opportunities. Wilson Center
  • The Aukus deal - involving Australia, the UK and US - will see the new boats in operation in the late 2030s following a construction phase which will create thousands of jobs in the UK. The Mail
  • The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which focuses on transport and broadband, will ladle on a further $27.5bn over the next five years. The Economist
Technological
  • In hydrogen production or advanced nuclear power, the United States is trying to retain its early technological advantage and turn its head start on R&D and basic science into a fully fledged domestic manufacturing industry that will generate hundreds of thousands of jobs. Heatmap News
  • Tomorrow's technologies like zero-emissions aviation will not only provide a boost to sustainable growth but are essential for generating the new, high-quality jobs that will take Britain's economy into the future. FutureFlight
  • AI will create new jobs for artists and novel ways of producing music. The Register
Financial Impact
The American Jobs Plan, initially valued at $2 trillion, to rebuild infrastructure and create new jobs. BlackRock
TSMC's total investment in Fab 18 will exceed NT $1.86 trillion, creating more than 23,500 construction jobs and over 11,300 high-tech direct job opportunities. Silicon Semiconductor
A nature positive world - where species and ecosystems are regenerating - can create almost 400 million jobs and provide an annual business value of over US $ 10 trillion by 2030. Climate Champions
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System Map
Organizations
Sectors
Cities
Countries
People
Scenarios
Creates plausible alternative futures of what can happen and encourages development of a robust, agile response
While A.I. certainly stands to disrupt the workforce, an occurrence employers worldwide have been bracing for the last decade, some experts disagree that automation will lead to job obsolescence. Fortune
One potential risk is the possibility of AI being used to automate tasks, which could lead to job displacement - a McKinsey Global Institute study found that by 2030, between 400 million and 800 million employees around the world could be displaced by automation. Forbes
By 2030, the majority of the world's extreme poor, which includes a large proportion of displaced people, will live in fragile and conflict affected states - so job creation in fragile settings has the significant potential to address poverty. World Bank Blogs
Warnings
Changing proportion of published forecasts
800 million individuals globally could be displaced by AI and automation and need to find new jobs by 2030. Business Matters
By 2025, some 97 million new jobs will emerge globally, while 85 million will be displaced due to the new division of labour between humans and machines. World Economic Forum
Solutions
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By 2030, the 2.7 million jobs lost in fossil fuels sectors will be offset by roughly 10.3 million net new jobs created globally from the transition to clean energy. gb&d magazine
There are about 700 million jobs that will get created in tech until the end of the decade - essentially the digitization of the global economy. McKinsey & Company
Global clearing and transaction banking startup, The Bank of London, is to open Global Platform & Services headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, creating 350 new jobs by 2026. FinExtra
Key topics
Extremes
Investigate what’s transforming or collapsing
On the other side, robots, and not humans, will perform a high percentage of jobs, so unemployment rates and social inequality will soar, becoming significant catalysts for rebellions across the world. Hacker Noon
Press Gazette understands staff for the US operations will ultimately number about 100 by the end of 2023, although the job hiring process will be staggered rather than all coming at once. Press Gazette
The future economic stability of more than one billion people - or almost one-third of all jobs worldwide - they argued, will ultimately come down to how successfully they can be reskilled over the next decade in preparation for a workforce shaped by the fourth Industrial Revolution. American Express
What's Next
Changing proportion of material mentioning future years
All jobs will undergo transformation in the coming five years and data will be at the center of it. Citizen Matters
Some experts have predicted that up to 40% of current jobs will be replaced by new innovations within the next few years. The Bizzabo blog
Questions
Can?
How can ground-source and geothermal heat pumps and district energy systems provide both a climate solution and family-sustaining clean energy jobs? Fresh Energy
What does the emergence of chatgpt mean for the job market and how we can best mitigate the damage it might do? Times of India
How Can Emotional Intelligence Help Tackle Job Burnout? Council on Business & Society Insights
How?
How will shifts in birth rates, changes in educational attainment, job satisfaction, and monetary needs change who we hire and what skills we look for? Future Today Institute
How will states like California react if a portion of knowledge worker jobs disappear? CALmatters
How would global policies, towards a lower-carbon development path and the changing climate, impact Angola's abilities to develop its economy, create jobs, and reduce poverty? World Bank Blogs
Who?
What do the latest trends in tech jobs mean for Black learners and workers, who are already underrepresented in the tech industry? Eventbrite
If writing jobs could be outsourced to an artificial intelligence chatbot, what does that mean for people who write for a living? NADA
Who Loses Jobs in a Recession? Emeritus
What?
What Are the Best Paying Jobs In Major Banks? Arrest Your Debt
As the world heats up, what jobs and employment sectors, what factory practices, what sorts of manufacturing - from computer chips to batteries to food production to fast fashion - are threatened or must change? Pulitzer Center
What the benefits that will accrue to the surrounding community as a result of the project in terms of potential job opportunities and skills transfer and so on? businesslive
When?
What Will Happen When AI Replaces Jobs? Polymer
What is the future of work when a majority of jobs can either be automated or digitally consolidated? Hive Colab
What happens when the job of censoring the public is placed entirely in the digital hands of artificial intelligence? The One Hundredth Monkey
Will?
Which jobs will remain and which will cease to exist? Nation World News
Will human jobs continue to exist after the rise of AI in Marketing? Medium
Twenty Experts In Various Fields Collectively Dunk On AI Attempting To Do Their Jobs >> Will AI Actually Mean We will Be Able to Work Less? Futureseek Link Digest
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