Dying careers and thriving careers

Our surroundings are changing rapidly. Against a backdrop of serious concerns about the Eurozone, projecting labor market activity can be particularly tough.

However, changing patterns of employment by occupation are largely dominated by longer-term trends rather than the cyclical position of the economy. To understand the natural evolution of the jobs market — industries and career paths that are becoming extinct versus those that are advancing through a process of natural selection — the jobs landscape needs to be viewed in the context of the most influential macro-trends.

Below are some of the careers that are thriving and dying due to the changing technological, economic, social and business landscape.

Dying careers

• Postal service workers (including sorters, clerks and mail carriers)
• Office and administrative workers (particularly data entry clerks)
• Manufacturing assembly jobs
• Telemarketing and door-to-door sales

Thriving careers

• Data scientists
• Research and design managers, particularly in engineering
• Computer programmers and network administrators
• Medical assistants

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via Dying careers and thriving careers: The jobs of tomorrow – CNN.com.