Future-proofed careers

By Ranjit Isaac

        Future-proofed careers will be human contact-based professions such as education, caring, and nursing (the latter may also grow with an ageing population). But these three are historically low-paid, and Stephan Bevan, director, workplace effectiveness, The Work Foundation, suggests they will remain so, especially if there is an over-supply of people chasing work. “To this extent, I see a sea of low-skilled jobs in parallel with high-skilled ones, but for low-skilled workers the same supply and demand rules will apply in 2060 as they do today. Employers will offer pay and benefits that they can get away with.”He adds: “I can see economic cycles having just as large an impact on pay and benefits as technology.” But some believe the scale at which jobs done by humans will get slashed will happen so fast, governments will be forced to act, especially if older workers are perceived to be holding onto jobs and not giving young people a chance.

“It’s entirely likely government may have to implement minimum ‘human quotas’ for different roles within industries,” says BT’s resident futurologist, and head of customer insight and future, Dr Nicola Millard. “This is when law will have to rule that a set number of humans are needed, otherwise there might be mass unemployment.” These roles won’t be skilled, she argues, so there will be no pay or benefits premium necessary. Ironically, this could be where the once fabled three-day week does finally occur. Not because we’re all enjoying our leisure, but because there is not enough work to go around.

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