Jobs of the Future

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🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In a world where technology is moving at an unprecedented pace, what will the jobs of the future look like? Kai Roemmelt, CEO of the online learning platform Udacity, and Lisa Gevelber, a key figure at Google responsible for building the Grow with Google program, unpack the seismic changes reshaping the tech and education realms. From disrupting hiring norms to redefining how we acquire degrees and engage globally, this episode poses the question: How can you skillfully navigate the challenges and seize the opportunities awaiting in this evolving landscape?

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0:00.0	A skill is not a static concept.
0:03.2	IBM reported that technical skills have a shelf life
0:06.2	of about two and a half years.
0:07.8	Four out of five CEOs say that the number one inhibitor
0:10.5	or one of the top few inhibitors to their growth is finding people
0:13.7	with the skills they need. Jobs are going to become richer. About 80% of jobs in the
0:19.0	US and similar in other countries that pay well, say they require a college degree, but in our country
0:24.6	actually only about a third of Americans earn a college degree.
0:28.0	I think this technology will impact almost every single job out there in some way.
0:34.8	Having a college degree is life changing, but it cannot be the only way to change your life.
0:41.2	Technology understanding is becoming relevant for everyone in the company.
0:45.1	This trend is only going to continue.
0:47.4	The number of searches for how to become a data analyst was the number one search of any
0:52.4	how to become in the world last year.
0:55.0	Consider this. A staggering 60% of jobs that exist today were non-existent in 1940 and with the relentless progress of software
1:06.2	eating the world jobs have undergone a profound metamorphosis.
1:10.1	Plus with AI taking center stage in 2022, people are hard-pressed to identify industries that will not be impacted.
1:19.0	But this is also not very new.
1:22.0	Jobs have been evolving since the dawn of time.
1:24.3	If you look at farming around 1800 you had 90% of the population working in
1:29.2	farming around 1950 at the time that you just cited I think it was down to about 20% and today we're seeing about 1 1.5%.
1:38.0	So as we enter 2024, what lies ahead in the future of work?
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