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With the advent of the era of robots, many specialists began to reasonably fear that machines would soon take their jobs. Salespeople, drivers, accountants, lawyers and even journalists will face serious competition from computers and artificial intelligence devices in the next 20-30 years.

What does a graduate need to study for today, so as not to be out of work later? In partnership with the NTI Olympiad and RVC, we have prepared a selection of future professions that can be learned today and still be in demand after the technological revolution.

Robotics engineer

Engineering specialties will not lose their demand in the foreseeable future. One of the most promising areas of engineering is the creation and maintenance of robots. In fact, a whole set of individual specialties can be attributed to this direction - the creators of domestic robots, industrial robots, medical robots and robots for entertainment.

To master these professions, the future specialist must be well versed in automated systems, programming, process control, not to mention fundamental knowledge in the field of physics, mechanics and electrical engineering.

According to Cisco experts, now the number of home robots in the cities of developed countries is doubling every 9 months. After 2020, industrial, household, children's and medical robots become a daily reality and necessity. industrial production will become about 90% automated. Robots will completely replace people with the most hazardous work- in mines, during underwater and construction works. Combat robotics will be actively developed.

Such promising industries will appear as the creation of neural interfaces for controlling robots, that is, a technology that will allow you to command machines with the power of thought.

The basics of robotics can already be studied at Russian universities: similar courses and educational programs are available at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Tomsk State University, Tomsk Polytechnic University, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, St. Petersburg National Research University ITMO, Moscow State Technical University of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation, Moscow Institute steel and alloys, MSTU "Stankin", as well as at the Far Eastern Federal University and others.

In the future, robotics will be trained in corporate universities, as well as on leading online educational platforms like Coursera and domestic Stepik.

Participants will be able to show their knowledge in robotics. As part of the "Intelligent Robotic Systems" profile, the teams will have to create robotic equipment for the logistics center. On the basis of the TRIK constructor, it will be necessary to build a ground mobile platform configured to perform the main task, and also obtain reliable information in the course of work. For the device, it will be necessary to write a control program that will allow the robot to independently move around the model depicting the territory of the logistics center

And as part of the track "Water Robotic Systems", the contestants will have to build two underwater robots and establish communication between them: one of the robots will have to follow the data from the cameras, and the other - receiving signals from the first one.

food engineer

The growing population of the planet requires a solution to the problem of hunger. To provide food for all people, the existing agricultural areas are not enough today. The challenge for future food engineering will be to create a large number proteins and carbohydrates on a small area of land and with minimal energy consumption.

Food engineering is a cross-industry profession. Specialist in food technology as a profession exists in our time, but in the future the tasks of this specialty will change. Using knowledge in biology, chemistry, genetics and materials science, food engineers will literally have to design new products, preferably from cheap and commonly available raw materials - from plants, algae, even waste.

Such experiments are now being carried out all over the world. In the USA, for example, in the Impossible Foods laboratory, how to get a complete meat substitute from plant products - not only in terms of nutrition, but also in taste and texture. Technology has made it possible to make burgers with cutlets that are said to be indistinguishable from real beef. However, it contains only soy, wheat, potatoes, coconut oil and flavorings.

The experts of the "Atlas of new professions" indicate that the problem of world hunger in the future will be solved by representatives of two professions - GMO agronomists and city farmers. If the former will use biotechnology to create new products with desired properties, then the latter will develop mass food production in cities. Farms of the future will be located directly on the roofs and walls of skyscrapers and in modular farms inside buildings.

Within the framework, young biotechnologists will also have to show their knowledge. In the profile "Engineering Biological Systems" two age groups- students in grades 9 and younger and students in grades 10-11.

The younger ones will need to improve the operation of the hydroponic installation. They need to create an algorithm for automating the collection of key indicators of aquaponic systems and automating the introduction of the necessary reagents into the installations.

IN senior group the children will have to solve genetic problems, in particular, to identify key point mutations in the gene under study with their subsequent detection by molecular biology methods in a laboratory test site.

virtual reality architect

In fact, the entire IT sector will continue to develop rapidly in the coming decades. Developers information systems, data scientists, interface developers (including the already mentioned neural interfaces), artificial intelligence specialists and other professionals of the digital age will be steadily in demand in the foreseeable future. And all because computers will not learn to program themselves for a long time - not because they do not have enough “knowledge” for this, but because the goal of programming will always be human needs, which no one knows better than the person himself. In other words, computers will not be able to predict for a long time what application, social network or video game people will be interested in.

The architect of virtuality is a profession that requires solid knowledge in all areas of IT. And this will be a typical profession of the future, when more and more activities will move into virtual reality. If today digital worlds exist more for entertainment, then soon they will teach, work and even treat people, which means that specialists in creating entire worlds “on order” will be in demand.

Today, the basics of virtual reality programming are taught in many technical universities, including in Russia - in the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, MEPhI, NRU ITMO, Tomsk Polytechnic and Tomsk State Universities, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University. R. E. Alekseev and others.

By the way, if you are interested in this topic, then there is a direction "Virtual and Augmented Reality". Participants will need to create their own game from ready-made elements and in a given genre. In the process of creating an application, teams will need, using a starter set of content, not only to create a game application for a given theme, genre and setting and using the required technology, but also to develop a unique product with interesting mechanics that uses the features of the technology.

Smart Environment Designer

The largest cities in the world are rapidly “getting smarter”. In New York, a street security system automatically recognizes the sounds of gunshots and determines the place where the shots were fired. The city also operates a system that predicts the likelihood of fires in buildings. In Moscow smart system management road traffic informs about traffic jams and regulates the loading of routes. In Barcelona, "smart" waste bins notify the public utility when they are full.

Existing Smart City technologies open up endless possibilities for the development of the human environment. They will help make life in cities safer, more pleasant and more harmonious. The smart environment designer will create system solutions for cities. They will unite various networks, devices and sensors with a person's physical habitat - home, street, transport, place of work.

This profession (which brings together a whole cluster of subspecialties) will require deep knowledge in IT, big data processing, internet of things and hardware. "Smart living environment" in the future also implies the integration of composite materials and sensors, that is, a specialist will still have to understand chemistry, materials science, and nanotechnology.

In addition, the designer of a smart environment must have a very developed systems mind - like an architect who has conceived the construction of an entire city from scratch. Therefore, such a specialist still needs to have a good understanding of sociology and modern urban studies. Certainly, this is one of the most difficult professions future, but also one of the most interesting and noble.

To start mastering the “architecture of the future”, you need to enter universities with a strong fundamental and technical background, as well as show interest in the humanities and sociological sciences.

Speaking about the professions of the future, one cannot but imagine the future exploration of space and other planets. Despite the fact that for the past two decades children have no longer dreamed of becoming cosmonauts like generations of Soviet people, in the next 20-40 years the prestige of this mysterious and heroic profession will still grow. And although in our country cosmonautics is still marking time and reaping the fruits of Soviet achievements, private astronautics is already rapidly developing in the West and the colonization of the nearest celestial bodies - the Moon and Mars - is being discussed.

Robots are actively used to work in space, and one would think that machines will soon force people out of this dangerous field of activity. However, one should take into account the factor of simple curiosity: no matter how dangerous it is in space, people will never stop flying outside the earth's atmosphere.

The authors of the "Atlas of New Professions" believe that in the future the profession of an astronaut will be more specialized. There will be space biologists who will study the behavior of organisms in weightlessness and on other planets, space geologists who will explore and extract minerals on celestial bodies, and even space travelers who will lay routes in interstellar space. And also how separate view business, space tourism will actively develop, because more and more people will be able to afford flights to near-earth orbit or to the moon.

Now, future cosmonauts in Russia are trained mainly by aviation and technical universities, including military ones: NRU Moscow Aviation Institute, Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots (Military Institute) named after. Hero Soviet Union A. K. Serova, Lomonosov Moscow State Technical University N. E. Bauman, Siberian State Aerospace University. Academician M. F. Reshetnev, St. Petersburg State University aerospace instrumentation.

Unmanned systems developer

Drone developers transport systems today are in demand in large technology companies. In June 2017, Yandex posted a vacancy for a developer of unmanned vehicles. Applicants needed to be able to work with sensors, controllers and activators of the car, develop car control algorithms, design and test equipment. They also required excellent knowledge of C ++ and Python, experience in Linux programming and multi-threaded programming. Apparently, the company found the right specialist quite quickly, as the vacancy was soon filled.

Google, Facebook, Uber, Amazon and Microsoft are also actively developing their own projects to create unmanned vehicles, aircraft and other means of transportation. Not to mention the many specialized companies and startups.

In the next 20 years, the demand for specialists in unmanned systems will only grow. In parallel, many specializations will appear - developers of drones for various purposes (military, postal, surveillance, engineering), developers of unmanned vehicles, developers of underwater drones and interfaces for controlling machines. At the same time, developers of intelligent control systems for dynamic dispatching will become in demand, in other words, dispatchers for organizing drone flights. The analytics of data collected by drones will become a separate specialty.

The profession of an unmanned systems developer is similar in complexity to the automotive industry. At the same time, in addition to deep engineering knowledge, the specialist will need to be well versed in programming and architecture of control systems.

Today in Russia, such knowledge is provided at the Moscow Aviation Institute, the Kazan National Research Technical University. A. N. Tupolev, Ulyanovsk State Technical University, Military Aviation Engineering University in Voronezh and Siberian State Aerospace University. Academician M. F. Reshetnev.

The profile "Unmanned aerial systems" is provided for, in which participants will be asked to write a program for a fire drone and test the drone in a test site.

Preventive medicine specialist

In the future, people will not stop getting sick, but will get sick less often due to the development of preventive medicine, which is aimed more at preventing the causes of the disease than at treating the consequences.

Medicine in the next 20-30 years will make a huge step forward: many incurable diseases will be defeated, doctors will understand the mechanism of mental disorders, robotic prostheses with feedback will be used with might and main - a person will be able to feel the touch of an artificial hand. Research in the field of genetics and biotechnology will make it possible to identify the prerequisites for the disease at an early stage and stop them even before the onset of clinical symptoms.

Such developments are taking place in large companies and the efforts of small start-ups. In the US, the Verily project, based former employee Google, Andrew Conrad, is developing technology that will allow wearable gadgets - smartwatches and bracelets - to collect data on a person's health and analyze them for the wearer's propensity for dangerous diseases. The startup is also developing "smart" contact lenses, which can determine the level of sugar in the blood.

According to , in the next five years, the market for medical gadgets will grow from 2 to 41 billion dollars.

A specialist in preventive medicine will be well versed both in medicine itself and in IT areas - big data analysis and algorithmization. At the same time, future doctors will do most of the work online - medical consultations, treatment prescriptions, prescription of medicines and even diagnostics will be carried out by the so-called "network doctors".

Experts from the Atlas of New Professions name network doctors as one of the specialties that will appear everywhere before 2020. They will focus on early diagnosis and prevention of diseases. Finding a neglected disease in their patient or even a disease in the acute stage will be a professional failure for them.

Such doctors will see the majority of patients via video link, so the concept of a queue at the clinic will be a thing of the past. Hospitals will remain only for high-tech treatment and operations, during which surgeons will be assisted by robots.

A number of leading Russian medical universities today train specialists who can retrain as specialists in preventive medicine or begin to independently develop medical systems future. These are medical academies. Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Novosibirsk, Krasnodar and metropolitan medical universities - named after Sechenov and Pirogov in Moscow, named after Pavlov in St. Petersburg.

financial technology specialist

Fintech is one of the fastest growing technology industries of our time. And yet, as of 2017, the industry occupies no more than 1% of the entire financial sector of the global economy. The volume of venture investments in fintech in the United States in 2016 reached $13.6 billion. For comparison, all financial industry country is 11 trillion dollars.

Experts name five main directions for the development of financial technologies in the future - payments and transfers, credits and loans, capital management, insurance, and the foreign exchange market. That is, in all these industries, the role of information technology will increase.

A specialist who combines knowledge of financial and technological tools will be in demand more than ever in the coming decades. Such areas as the use of big data for risk assessment in insurance, the use of artificial intelligence in asset management, the development of individual pension programs and others will be actively developed.

At the same time, some familiar professions in developed countries will become a thing of the past - accountants, tellers and even, possibly, stock traders.

Good financial preparation with a technological component is provided by the courses of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russian University of Economics. G. V. Plekhanov, Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian Academy of National Economy and public service under the President Russian Federation, St. Petersburg State University.

Participants will also be able to demonstrate their knowledge in the field of fintech. They will create a decentralized application at the intersection of blockchain technologies and the Internet of things to ensure interaction between manufacturers of batteries for electric vehicles, service centers, providing quick battery replacement, and electric vehicles. Teams will need to develop a solution that can check for counterfeit replacement batteries, confirming the declared quality and current wear. Issues of economic interaction will also not be left aside: the service station is fully automated, which means that schoolchildren will have to transfer all cash settlements to an automatic basis, including determining the optimal parameters for making transactions.

Online educator

A teacher is an eternal profession, as are the professions of a doctor and a builder. And this is a profession in which a person, perhaps, will not be replaced by machines for quite a long time. Even with the creation of a full-fledged artificial intelligence capable of transferring the experience of generations, we are unlikely to entrust the upbringing and education of children to a computer. Therefore, teachers will always be in demand. But even this conservative branch of knowledge is changing.

Online pedagogy is becoming increasingly popular. Various advanced training courses, training for new professions gather thousands of listeners around the world. Platforms like Coursera are revolutionizing the learning experience. In the next 20 years, people will receive a significant part of their knowledge on the Internet - on their own or with the help of online educators.

In addition to simple video communication (two-way or multi-channel), educators of the future will use interactive tools that can receive feedback from students and immediately check their knowledge. The learning process will become even more "alive" than in the traditional classroom.

Game forms of education will be actively used, especially in junior and secondary school age. Virtual reality will become an important part of educational content - in it, students, accompanied by a teacher, will be able to model space, visualize abstractions and simply watch reconstructions of historical eras "as it was."

At present, again due to the conservatism of the teaching profession, online teachers are not trained anywhere. One can only predict that with the wider introduction of new educational technologies, traditional pedagogical universities after 2020 will pay attention to this still emerging branch of pedagogy.

Nanomaterials designer

The design of nanomaterials, along with the development of robotics and biotechnology, will be another cross-industry profession of the future. These specialists will be engaged in modeling the properties of materials, predicting their life cycle using digital tools. The material designer will have to be well versed in nanophysics and nanochemistry and, of course, be able to program.

Nanomaterials will be used not only in industry, automotive and aircraft manufacturing, the creation of tools and equipment, but also in housing construction. So, houses made of composite materials with embedded chips will change the temperature of the walls in the room in accordance with the weather or the desire of the tenant, as well as change color or transparency.

Specialists in nanotechnology are trained in Russian universities - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, National Research University "MISiS", Russian University of Chemical Technology. D. I. Mendeleev, Ural Federal University. the first President of Russia BN Yeltsin and other educational institutions.

Participants in the New Materials and Sensors profile can also show their knowledge in the specialty of the future. Teams will need to create an active chemical in the shortest possible time, assemble a sensor system for it and demonstrate their performance.

Recycling Specialist

Solving environmental problems will be a key condition for sustainable development in the future. Environmental specialists will be in demand in all sectors of production and transport. And questions of protection environment will also be solved with the help of high-tech tools.

One of the promising industries will be recycling - the processing of materials and their reuse. Recycling specialists will be engaged in the development of new environmentally friendly and cheap technologies.

Today, recycling technologies are developing rapidly. Companies are investing heavily in this area, and the state supports progressive initiatives. Ecologists are trained by a number of large educational institutions, starting with Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov. Systemic ideas about ecology can be obtained in classical and technical universities majoring in Ecology and Nature Management.

While we are mastering the professions of lawyers, economists, locksmiths and cooks Elon Musk dreams of flying to Mars, 3D printers are beginning to print human organs, and the UK is investing millions of pounds in training assistants and helpers for robots. Be prepared for the fact that in the near future machines will take up to 75% of jobs. Perhaps the robotics boom in Russia will happen a little later, but it will definitely happen. Let's talk about the professions of the future - new and promising. Because it is worth thinking about them now.

In what areas will robots not replace humans?

Robotics is advancing faster than experts thought. In Japan, machines no longer only perform ordinary operations in factories, cook and do house cleaning - they dance well, play chess, and most importantly, they study. It is trained artificial intelligence that becomes the main competitor of man in the struggle for workplace. Why would an employer hire a CNC operator if the machine does not need to be paid a salary and there is no need to supervise it - robots will hardly try to steal anything, hardly be negligent.

As part of a lecture on human capital after the 4th industrial revolution, Christopher Pissarides (Nobel laureate in economics) identified only 6 industries in which robots cannot completely replace humans. At least in the next 20-30 years. This:

The medicine.
Education.
Real estate.
The household.
Hospitality.
Personal services.

With medicine, education and real estate, everything is clear. A household is understood not only as household chores, but also planning the family budget, making decisions when creating the comfort of an apartment or house, choosing the best place to live, and so on. Hospitality is understood as hotel, restaurant and tourism management, as well as the entertainment industry.

Personal services include, for example, the services of a psychologist, a nanny, a nurse and other professionals that robots cannot replace for practical and ethical reasons. This also includes several areas, which in part are also professions. A prime example is the clergy. It is difficult to imagine a robot in the person of a church minister, unless it will be a separate new cult, a new religion.

It is also the sphere of art - presumably the value of human labor will not disappear here and, on the contrary, will continue to grow.

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Professions of the future: TOP-20 specialties

Among the assumptions of the futurists, there are many specialties that may seem like a utopia or outright nonsense. When forecasting, it is especially important to rely on trends in science. If we know that robotics and IT are rapidly developing, then the position of a lawyer in robotics no longer looks so unrealistic. Let us draw your attention to the list of professions published by American, European and Russian researchers.

New professions of the future - TOP-10 Microsoft and The Future Laboratory

virtual reality designer . Experts predict a significant growth in the VR device market. In the next 7-8 years, it should exceed $45 billion. Millions of people will spend most of their free time in virtual reality, which will be designed by the next generation of designers. They will create virtual offices for remote negotiations, museums, municipal institutions and much more.
Robotics Developers . Or robotics lawyers. They will act as intermediaries between humans and artificial intelligence. The tasks of specialists will include the development ethical standards, according to which robots can exist among living people. The need for a profession is due to the possible appearance of "bad" machines that can intentionally harm people.
Virtual tour guides and digital commentators . Do you experience catharsis when you come into contact with works of art in museums, in art galleries? Experts believe that very soon virtual tours will replace up to 80% of the real premises of cultural objects. This is where digital commentators and guides who own VR technologies come in handy.
Biohackers . In fact, these are amateurs who conduct their own research in the field of molecular biology, using open data from the scientific community. It is assumed that biohackers will soon reach a new level and, in freelance mode, will be able to help scientists in finding ways to treat the most complex diseases.
Analysts of the Internet of Things . Appliances and electronics are increasingly equipped with their own software so that devices can communicate with each other. The Internet of Things (IoT) will require modernization in 5-8 years: in developed countries, specialists will be in demand who can analyze data and look for, say, new methods for integrating household appliances into unified systems for smart homes.
space guide . Scientists say that by the beginning of the 2030s, space tourism will no longer be a rarity and will become quite affordable for wealthy people. In this regard, guides who will accompany travelers on flights to the stars will become in demand. And if at the initial stage they can become cosmonauts, then in the future the specialty may appear even in ordinary universities.
Personal data curator . Neural interfaces that combine the human brain with a computer will become the most common in 3-4 years. We will be able to "record" memories, plans and thoughts, as well as distribute them on social networks - to share with friends and even strangers. The task of the personal data curator is to combine information into a common information flow and adapt it.
Ecosystem Restoration Specialist . Around 2030, the planet's resources may be seriously depleted due to a significant increase in population. We are talking not only about non-renewable oil, but also about animals and plants. In this situation, engineers will be required to restore the environment. In particular, they will be able to "revive" extinct species of animals and plants using previously collected genetic material.
DC Power Supply Engineer . In the next 5-10 years, the transition to sustainable energy can be completed - solar and wind energy will be used as the main source of power throughout the planet. The only problem is the inability to operate the devices in cloudy and calm weather. Therefore, developers of constant power devices will become especially in demand.
Body designer . Bioengineering should make a breakthrough by the mid-2020s. In the future, a person will be able to easily change tissues and even organs. The possibilities of medicine and plastic surgery will help people become what they would like to see themselves. And body designers will be able to translate the desires of a particular person into layouts that will guide surgeons in the course of work.

Promising professions of the future - TOP-10 according to Skolkovo

This list was presented by Skolkovo experts in the form of an atlas of specialties that will be in demand in the future. Among them there are excellent options for both girls and boys.

The most realistic professions were recognized as:

city farmer . He will be engaged in useful gardening of megacities. It is quite possible that in the future large cities will be able to independently provide themselves with vegetables and fruits - they will be grown directly on the roofs and facades of skyscrapers.
Molecular Nutritionist . The “Larisa Dolina Diet” may not help, not only because of the anti-scientific basis, but also because of the individual characteristics of your body. In the near future, we will be able to lose weight at the molecular level - nutritionists will explore the individuality of our structure in great detail and will be able to create unique programs for losing weight, gaining or maintaining weight.
Online Doctor . A number of laws on online consultations have already been passed, so the profession does not seem futuristic, much less utopian. In 4-5 years, an online doctor will be able to replace most doctors who practice classic face-to-face patient care.
space tourism manager . If American researchers mark space guides, then Skolkovo focuses on specialists who will organize flights to the stars. Managers in this industry, according to forecasts, will be in demand in 15-20 years.
Digital linguist . The task of a specialist is to adapt the language of machines for a person, to make it more understandable and “alive”. Digital linguists will work with online translators, search engines, and other robotic devices that “speak” to humans.
reenactors . Most iconic buildings, monuments of history and architecture, will soon become emergency. The task of the specialists in the restructuring of these objects is to create a project, according to which the building will cease to pose a danger and at the same time preserve the value of the monument.
3D printing designer . This profession will be especially in demand in construction, where 3D technologies are already widely used today. And if now only individual elements and building materials are printed, then in the future, with the help of special printers, it will be possible to create full-fledged buildings.
home robot developer . The specialty exists today and will continue to gain popularity in the future. Experts believe that by 2030, a person will be able to completely get rid of household chores by transferring all domestic work to machines.
financial trajectory designer . He will help you not to make mistakes when building a career by developing an individual plan for achieving success. In fact, this is an expert who can create an algorithm for moving along career ladder for every person.
mind fitness trainer . They will be as charismatic as the leaders of modern useless trainings, and at the same time help you get closer to intellectual perfection. You can master speed reading, develop a phenomenal memory, and so on.

Where to go to stay in trend

It is not the place that makes the person beautiful. You can do anywhere, the main thing is to follow the innovations, scientific discoveries and developments in your industry. It doesn't matter if you study to be a biologist, surgeon, programmer or psychologist - the key requirement is to follow modern professional trends. At the same time, higher education is highly recommended. Even if you do not work in your specialty, intellectual development in a university is usually more powerful than in a technical school or college.

From the point of view of the specialties of the future, the most demanded industries are:

Biology.
Robotics.
Chemistry.
Management.

Engineering specialties are also in trend. Designers and architects will be no less in demand. However, professions related to mental work come to the fore. Machines will take over the heavy physical work. Only sports can be an exception, but this is also in question - competitions among robots are already extremely popular.

1 Professions of the future: forecasts, hopes, fears
- 1.1 Job cuts expected
- 1.2 IT-sphere is becoming more and more popular
- 1.3 How important is employee qualifications?
2 How to become a sought-after specialist
3 Forward into the future: the most in-demand professions of 2025
4 What professions will die out
- 4.1 Sellers
- 4.2 Service personnel
- 4.3 Media professionals
- 4.4 Injury occupations
- 4.5 Office plankton
5 Who to go to study after graduation

The choice of a profession that will be in demand throughout a person’s life is one of the most topical issues, which stands before those who finish school and their parents. Naturally, few of yesterday's schoolchildren can conduct a deep analysis of the labor market - and everyone wants to get a promising profession that will be in demand for many years to come and bring a stable high income.

Professions of the future: forecasts, hopes, fears

The labor market is a very dynamic and rapidly changing system. Today, hardly anyone can talk with absolute certainty about all the changes over the next 10 years, not to mention more distant periods.

Watch a video about the future popular professions and job market prospects.

The emergence of new technologies and other processes can either elevate professions that are not very popular today to the top, or, conversely, reduce the popularity of currently demanded areas to zero. However, the general market development trends are such that some conclusions can be drawn.

Job cuts expected

The reasons for this forecast lie in the rate of demographic growth of the population, which already today far exceeds the rate of economic growth. Scientific and technological progress also plays an important role in this process.

Automation various areas activities, previously traditionally considered the prerogative of man, leads to a reduction in jobs. Popularity trading floors located on the Internet, allow business owners to opt out of owning or renting commercial premises for shops, warehouses and hiring staff.

The IT industry is becoming more and more popular

With the increasing introduction of Internet technologies in everyday life modern man, we can confidently say that professions, one way or another connected with, will be more and more in demand over time.

The share of humanitarian professions, on the contrary, will decrease. Many humanities students are no longer working in their specialty.

How important is employee qualifications?

Paradoxically, but in the near future, low-skilled professions that traditionally pay the worst are not going anywhere. At the same time, the wage gap between unskilled labor and highly qualified specialists will grow. As a result, there may be fewer average employees. It makes sense to improve your qualifications and move to the “major league” in the labor market.

Where to go to study after school and how not to be left on the sidelines of life? About this we now let's talk.

How to become a sought-after specialist

Wholly agreeing with the saying: "It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick", let's try to draw up an action plan that will most likely allow us not to turn out to be an unnecessary "penguin flipper" in a few years.
You should always try to improve your skills and qualifications. It is necessary to look for any opportunities to become a true professional in the chosen field of activity, because the incomes of a pro and an ordinary employee differ at times, and sometimes dozens of times.
For example, take the case of lawyers. Today offer in this sector professional services several times higher than the demand for them. For any vacancy, many applicants respond who agree to receive minimum payment, if only .

However, do not forget that there is another type of lawyers. They earn fabulous sums, deal with large transnational corporations and manufacturing giants and know their worth.

So what makes some lawyers different from others? Someone will say - luck, but the lion's share of success still depends on the professionalism of the lawyer himself. Therefore, not knowing in advance when fate will present you with this or that opportunity, you must be ready at any moment to use the chance you have received. And this means that you need to continuously improve, push the boundaries of your knowledge and skills, getting competitive advantage to members of the same profession.

You need to be able to analyze the market, study the prospects of certain areas and try to act in their field. For example, now one of the most promising areas of the market can be called cryptocurrencies, blockchain, various digital technologies, which show a steady upward trend in demand.

We live in a dynamic, rapidly changing world. What today is considered a new advanced technology is already hopelessly outdated in a year. To remain a sought-after specialist, it is necessary not only to be able to change and acquire new skills in accordance with changing realities, but also to try to anticipate these very changes and always be one step ahead.

Let's try to move from general concepts to more specific ones and talk in detail about the possibilities for the emergence of new professions and specialties in the foreseeable future.

Forward into the future: the most in-demand professions of 2025

Today's analysis of the Russian labor market shows a glut of young specialists in the field of law, design and psychology, and, at the same time, reveals a lack of doctors of various profiles, engineers and representatives of agricultural professions. Also, statistics show that almost 90% of humanities graduates cannot find a job in their profession.

There are several areas human activity, in which, according to experts, artificial intelligence and robotization will not soon displace humans. First of all, they include educational professions, housekeeping, various areas healthcare.

In addition, some of the professions that today exist only in science fiction novels may become really in demand in the short term. Full list of such professions, compiled by analysts, has 136 items.

Here are just some of the possible areas that will become in demand in the foreseeable future:

airship design;
bioethics;
engineering of robotic systems;
IT medicine;
architecture of energy-zero highways;
cosmogeology.

Today, these names sound more than exotic, however, if you look at the pace at which our world has developed in recent years 30 and how many new revolutionary technologies that science fiction writers of the past did not even dream of have become commonplace for us, the imminent appearance of cosmogeologists does not seem so unrealistic.

But do not rush to design airships, especially since it is still difficult to get the appropriate profession. It is better to think in detail what to do now and where to go to study after school (or even after college, if you decide to get new specialty). This is based on two main factors. The first, and by far the most important, personal preferences. If you hate biology, then it is unlikely that you will be able to become an outstanding biologist or even a sought-after specialist in this field.

At the same time, one should not ignore the forecasts of futurologists and, if possible, select promising areas so that, firstly, if necessary, you can quickly gain additional knowledge, and secondly, master the necessary skills to adapt as quickly as possible to the requirements of the labor market in the future.

What professions will die out

In fact, the extinction of any profession is a rather relative concept. For a long time, a similar fate has been predicted, for example, for librarians, however, nevertheless, they still have jobs. True, every year there are indeed fewer librarians.

Scientists predict a drop in demand for representatives of the following professions:

Sellers

In view of the ever-increasing transfer of the seller to Internet sites, the services of sellers will be less and less in demand from year to year.

Service staff

Soon such irrelevant professions as watchmen, elevator operators and even postmen should disappear.

Media specialists

The threat of lack of demand in the foreseeable future will affect such ancient professions as reporters and journalists, proofreaders and editors, and even a very popular one now. copywriting profession. The functions of the media are increasingly being taken over by social networks, and the functions of writers of all stripes are being overgrown with intelligence by automatic systems.

Traumatic professions

The demand for such traumatic professions as stuntmen and understudies will also decrease due to the rapid development of computer technology and web design.

Office plankton

In the longer term, entire branches of professions related to accounting and office work, jurisprudence and management can be hit.

So, for example, Sberbank of Russia announced a plan according to which it is planned to replace about three thousand units of the current personnel with robots.

Who to go to study after graduation

So, what professions, according to experts, will remain relevant in the near future?

engineers of various specialties;
technical specialists;
biologists, chemists and related disciplines;
programmers;
web designers;
ecologists;
specialists in the field of nanotechnology.

Unfortunately, in our time, there is a significant difference between the specializations that school graduates choose and the professions that employers want. According to 85% of applicants, promising professions are related to economics, management, IT specialties, law and work. But in this case, there is a huge misunderstanding. These specialties are the most profitable and prestigious, but these are not promising professions of the future. Employers, however, note overproduction in these industries. They now need specialists capable of working in the energy, gas and oil industries, in mechanical engineering.

Basically technical specialties are required. But, nevertheless, applicants and employers agreed on one thing - they need about as many IT specialists as they are now graduating.

In most cases, parents' ambitions play a big role in choosing a profession. They believe that it is the diplomas of an economist that are the lucky tickets to life. But in this case, according to the forecasts of the Russian Ministry of Labor, 40% of graduates will not be able to find a job, and 30% will get a job not in their specialty.

Promising professions in Russia they require a completely different education.

Do not be discouraged if your profession is unpromising ... You can always retrain. Although it is difficult to imagine what professions in 5 years will be in demand for Russian market, due to the unstable economy, but one thing is certain - technical professions will remain in demand for a long time to come.

Unlike our country, the US is actively conducting research into potentially in-demand professions. One of the American magazines has already published lists of promising professions for 2016. Mostly they are specialists in the computer industry, medical workers and financial analysts.

And in 10 years, teachers in colleges will be in demand. But with us it is quite different.

It is the manufacturing professions that are experiencing a critical shortage of personnel. communications, electronics engineers, programmers, chemical technologists, sales and service specialists complex equipment– all of them will be in great demand in the near future.

In graduates of technical universities - engineers, technologists– businesses are already experiencing shortages. Their average salary for the year increased by one and a half times. Although before that it increased by 18.9%. Therefore, if an applicant has the ability to work with technology and electronics, without hesitation, you can enter technical specialties.

Better to have a permanent job with average salary than to rush from interview to interview with a “prestigious” diploma for years.

Experts believe that the demand for promising professions in the future will depend on two factors. On the one hand, narrow-profile professionals will be considered, and on the other, the junctions of several specialties. The latter applies mainly to innovative companies.

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International researchers believe that over the next 10-15 years, the labor market will change dramatically. Scientific and technological progress and the application of information technology will have a particularly noticeable impact on the health and agricultural industries.

The British company Fast Future has prepared a report on new forms of employment that will be especially in demand by 2030.

The most in-demand profession of the future will be manufacturer of artificial human body parts. In addition, this area of employment will eventually become an independent industry. According to futurologists, military personnel and professional athletes will become the main customers for the manufacture of body parts.
In second place nanomedicine specialists – developers of medical devices. It is noted that nanodevices that destroy cancer cells inside the human body are already being designed by specialists.
In the third position are farmers engaged in the production of genetically modified agricultural plants and animals.

Curious assumption about the disappearance of the profession butcher And baker, and the emergence of a specialty in vertical farming (growing plants in urban skyscrapers).

List of the 20 most in-demand professions for 2030 according to scientists:

Professionals producing artificial parts of the human body.
Specialists in nanomedicine and nanomedicine.
Employees specializing in the production of genetically modified crops and animals.
Masters in aging management, managers and consultants for retirees.
Specialists in increasing the amount of human memory and transferring the information stored in it to other media.
Decision makers in ethics, controversial areas of research (cloning) and future science.
Tour guides, space pilots, architects, designers.
Vertical food farmers in urban skyscrapers.
climate change researchers.
Specialists in the settlement of mass epidemics and the creation of quarantines.
Weather specialists.
Virtual lawyers and lawyers applying universal legal norms throughout the world.
Educators who create and use intelligent avatars or computer characters in virtual learning.
Developers, designers and creators of alternative Vehicle new generation.
Personalized Fund Flow Professionals mass media created taking into account the individual interests of people.
Wizards for safely removing personal data and unwanted information from the Internet.
Creators of regulation and organization services electronic information(logins and passwords, profiles, accounts).
Brokers and specialists in the field of alternative and cryptocurrencies.
Social media specialists.
Designers and PR specialists for personal brands.