The Future of Employment

January 19, 2015  | Written by Terri Potratz

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When considering the future of employment and how we should be investing in education and skills training, the rise in industrial machinery, smart robots and other automated technology aren’t the only potentially threatening aspects humans might want to consider when plotting out their job futures.

Rohit Talwar noted at the FTE Global 2014 conference that there’s a 90% chance you’ll live to 100 if you’re currently under 50 years of age, and human life expectancy will only continue to increase. Anecdotally, he asked the audience how one might come to motivate a 190-year-old airport manager? These questions, among others, inspired our “Training for the Top” story by Jordan Yerman in The Education Issue of APEX Experience.

While technology has become nearly synonymous with everyday life and will certainly affect how we make our livings, we also have to consider how human physiology and life expectancy might influence our ability to succeed in the workplace.

View the full list of jobs on chopping block by accessing the“Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation?” report here.