Future job trends ??

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I was looking into some articles on future job trends. Articles were not really the latest ones, but some points i found are in the following.

Future job trends:

  • By linking everyone’s home directly to manufacturers and service providers the entire infrastructure and sales channel has been changing. The middleman in many business transactions will gradually disappear largely as a result of technology and competition.

  • As online retail sales continues to climb, UPS, FEDEX and the Postal Service will have to deliver more and more packages. That is good news for drivers, pilots, airplane mechanics etc. Home delivery has been on the rise and will continue to be driven by the need to save time.

  • Retail store positions will decline gradually as home shopping and Internet shopping continue to grow. There will always be retail stores and retail positions, just fewer of them.

  • Marketing positions should see good demand, but only for the best. Marketing is one of those fields where the mediocre don’t survive.

  • Aging population trend makes home healthcare and nursing homes areas to benefit.

  • Healthcare is shown in good position in the article “Ontario Employment Patterns”: Ontario’s labour market | ontario.ca

**Outsourcing taking away jobs:
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  • Many job have already been outsourced to India & China, whereas others are going.
  • When employee pay rates will rise in the India-China regions, jobs will then be moved to other regions like Africa :stuck_out_tongue:

Which jobs are most likely to be outsourced?

* Work is highly repetitive (accounting)
* Work is predictable and well defined (customer service)
* Can be broken down into small manageable projects (software development)
* Can be turned into a routine (Tele-marketing)
* Proximity to the end customer is not important (phone based tech support of consumer products)
* End customer has already moved offshore (semiconductor sales)

Which jobs are NOT likely to be outsourced?

The first projects to move offshore are usually the most simple, low risk projects. Adding distance and cultural differences

almost always adds time and complexity to any development project. The types of projects that will stay onshore:

* High degree of ambiguity (top management positions)
* Unpredictable (hands on technical troubleshooting)
* Understanding of the culture is critical (authoring books, marketing, comedians)
* Time is of the essence (fast product development)
* Requires a high degree of collaboration (making a movie)
* Requires close proximity to the end customer (firefighting, auto repair, dental work)
* Requires high degree of creativity and innovation (creating new products, technical breakthroughs, writing music)

Projects that represent low risk to management, such as making minor upgrades to a product, or copying someone else’s product, will most certainly be moved offshore.

Safe-Unsafe jobs from outsourcing: Offshoring of America's Top Jobs

Source: Top Jobs For The Future, by CareerPlanner.com
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Plz, shed ur lights on future job trends … how should a student in North America decide on his/her career?

Thanks.