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These are the jobs of tomorrow, says WEF

Updated : January 31, 2020 06:33 AM IST

37 percent of projected job opportunities in emerging professions will be in the Care Economy.

Growth in clusters and jobs is highest among care roles and smallest among green professions.

The highest-demand skills required in emerging professional clusters span both technical and cross-functional skills.

Seven emerging professional clusters will gain prominence in the global labour market in 2020 and will represent 506 job opportunities out of every 1,000 in the overall market, a new report showed.

Further, by 2022, the contribution of these professional clusters in the job opportunities offered in the overall labour market will rise to 611 out of every 1,000, the report added.

These professional clusters include Care Economy, Data and AI, Engineering and Cloud Computing, Green Economy, People and Culture, Product Development and Sales, Marketing and Content, said the report published by the World Economic Forum.

These emerging professions of the future will account for 6.1 million opportunities globally in 2020–2022, the report said. If the current growth trends hold, these emerging professions will provide 1.7 million new jobs in 2020 while the figure will see a significant increase of 51 percent to 2.4 million opportunities by 2022, it added.

According to the report, growth in these clusters and jobs is highest among care roles and smallest among green professions.

37 percent of projected job opportunities in emerging professions will be in the Care Economy, followed by 17 percent in Sales, Marketing and Content, 16 percent in Data and AI, 12 percent in Engineering and Cloud Computing, and 8 percent in People and Culture. Green professions will have 1.9 percent share in the jobs projected over the period.

The highest-growth jobs span over all seven profession clusters.

The roles with the highest rate of growth within high-volume jobs include Artificial Intelligence Specialists, Medical Transcriptionists, Data Scientists, Customer Success Specialists and Full Stack Engineers. Within lower-volume jobs, the highest growth is in Landfill Biogas Generation System Technicians, Social Media Assistants, Wind Turbine Service Technicians, Green Marketers and Growth Hackers, said the WEF report, which was published as a contribution to a project, insight area or interaction.

The highest-demand skills required in these emerging professional clusters span both technical and cross-functional skills.

Here are the top 10 skills required in each cluster of jobs:

Care Economy

Respiratory Therapy
Caregiving
Sterile Procedures / Techniques
Transcription
Radiation Treatment
Medical Dosimetry
Vital Signs Measurement
Simulation
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Radiologic Technology

Data and AI

Data Science
Data Storage Technologies
Development Tools
Artificial Intelligence
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Management Consulting
Web Development
Digital Literacy
Scientific Computing
Computer Networking

Engineering and Cloud Computing

Development Tools
Web Development
Data Storage Technologies
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Computer Networking
Human-Computer Interaction
Technical Support
Digital Literacy
Business Management
Employee Learning & Development

Green Economy

Digital Marketing
Wind Turbines
Landfill Gas Collection
Social Media
Equipment Inventory
Solar Installation
Health and Safety Standards
Microsoft Power BI
Electrical Diagrams / Schematics
Email Marketing

People and Culture

Recruiting
Human Resources
Business Management
Employee Learning & Development
Leadership
Digital Literacy
Project Management
People Management
Compensation & Benefits
Foreign Languages

Product Development

Software Testing
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Development Tools
Project Management
Business Management
Data Storage Technologies
Web Development
Manufacturing Operations
Digital Literacy
Leadership

Sales, Marketing and Content

Digital Marketing
Social Media
Business Management
Digital Literacy
Advertising
Product Marketing
Video
Graphic Design
Leadership
Writing

These are the jobs of tomorrow, says WEF

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