careers – Impact Lab

Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Big Problems, Business, Employment

Which 5 jobs will robots take first?

February 27, 2017

In 2012, Futurist Thomas Frey predicted that 2 billion jobs would disappear by 2030, roughly half of all jobs that exist today. Oxford University researchers reinforced this with their estimates that 47 percent of U.S. jobs could be automated within the next two decades. But which ones will robots take first?

First, we should define “robots” as technologies, such as machine learning algorithms running on purpose-built computer platforms, that have been trained to perform tasks that currently require humans to perform.

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Big Problems, Health & Fitness, Hot Issues, Latest Trend

Flexibility is critical for young people because ‘whole careers are vanishing overnight’

December 17, 2014

Recent college grads

As the digital sector grows, jobs that rely on older technologies are rapidly becoming obsolete.

According to the census, between 2006 and 2011 there were some occupations where the number of people employed across the country dropped by up to two-thirds in just five years – corporate services managers, for example, fell from 21,804 in 2006 to 7365 in 2011.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 1966, 46% of workers in Australia were employed in production industries. 30 years later, that proportion has diminished to 28%.

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Analysis, Business, Science & Technology News, top 10

Top 10 future jobs for chemical engineers

September 25, 2014

Space Fuel Processor

There are a lot of articles that hypothesize about what possible careers we will be performing in the future. The majority of the time these future careers all involve some aspect of chemical engineering.

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Analysis, Education, Latest Trend

Are gifted children being failed by the education system?

January 13, 2014

Exceptionally gifted children were more likely to gain Master’s degrees and PhDs, compared with less gifted children.

The largest study ever on exceptionally gifted children questions whether the education system is providing enough support for highly talented young people.

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Analysis, Business, facebook, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News, Twitter

Top 19 fastest growing occupations

November 13, 2013

There will be significant growth for jobs that require a college education and occupations in health care, energy and technology.

The jobs market for the future currently looks bleak. The unemployment rate has been stuck above 7 percent since December 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And as futurist Thomas Frey recently told AOL Jobs, half of all the jobs in existence today will no longer be around by 2030.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend

A Look Ahead at the Year 2020

September 6, 2013

That well-known philosopher Yogi Berra once said: “The future ain’t what it used to be.” Yogi, you are so right. The future ain’t ever going to be what it used to be. But isn’t it fun to peer into the future?

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Analysis, Business, Economy, Latest Trend

Millennials optimistic about career prospects

September 3, 2013

We came of age as deregulated financial institutions stumbled and took housing, bank accounts, and jobs with them. The bailout helped those industries bounce back, but what about a generation’s collective sense of security and purpose? Young people aren’t totally turned off by work despite today’s economy. They are excited about getting fulfillment from their careers, especially if they can help others.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Top 5 hottest careers you may have never considered

January 24, 2013

There are plenty of job siting open despite the less-than-booming U.S. employment market. But there’s a mismatch between the skills that applicants have and the skills required for the careers that are in hot demand. Among employers, 25% reported that they had open positions in science and engineering that were hard to fill, and 18% said they were struggling to fill jobs in computer programming and information technology (IT), according to a 2011 report by McKinsey & Co. Looking ahead, employers could face a shortage of 85 million high- and medium-skilled workers worldwide by 2020.

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Analysis, Brain, Science & Technology News

Are people with a high IQ less creative?

January 22, 2013

Albert Einstein

Lewis Terman believed that only knowing the IQ of a person could predict their success in life and this potential could be measured since childhood. That is why he sent his colleagues to California schools and gave the children a few IQ tests, identifying 1500 children whose IQs averaged 150 points.

He took for granted that these children were going to make great contributions to their disciplines in the future.

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Analysis, Business

What is the difference between successful and very successful people?

August 9, 2012

Success is a catalyst for failure.

Successful people and successful organizations don’t become very successful automatically. Greg McKeown, CEO of THIS Inc., says there is one important explanation that he calls “the clarity paradox.” This can be summed up in four predictable phases:

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Analysis, Business, sports

Which Olympic atheletes make it big in business?

August 2, 2012

Great Britain’s Olympic men’s rowing four.

Which Olympic athletes go on to be most successful in business? New research by Bain & Co. shows rowers have the best track record of breaking into the corporate world after their Olympic careers.

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