Why should you worry about their profession

We found out what professions may disappear in the near future, what to do to stay in demand specialist, and asked the experts how the labor market is under the influence of information technology and automation.

How and why the labor market is changing

The study "Atlas of new professions"Devoted to the labor market, which is held the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and Moscow School of Management" Skolkovo "in 2014, notes that the labor market is strongly influenced by the development of information technology, automation and the development of secondary class. This changes the existing occupations and create new specialty.

We asked the experts how these trends seriously affect the labor market development in Russia.

It was a wonderful profession - cashier biletor. You come to the station, arrive just time not to stand in the queue. Now, most of the tickets for transport are bought online. cards appeared "Troika" tickets "Aeroexpress". In just a few years, the landscape has changed in my eyes. Therefore, Russia is a very exposed to these trends.

Timur Khairullin

Programs and services are available immediately in the time of release, and the different types of robots and drones are available all over the planet in the year after the release. Best practice automation spread instantly. For access to these resources, Russian companies are no different from the world.

The only serious obstacle automation in Russia - cheap labor. But its poor quality becomes a serious impetus for the automation. We develop and successfully implement software that corrects errors in customer data and searching for duplicates. It can make people, but skilled workers do not want to do it, and unskilled make many mistakes.

Dmitry Zhuravlev

Development of information technology has changed the labor market will continue to influence him only stronger.

Which professions may disappear or greatly transformed

The drafters of the "Atlas" identified occupations that could disappear by 2020. According to them, the process of "withering away" occurs gradually: first, he started in the advanced and innovative companies, then comes to the core group of enterprises, and in the end gets to technologically backward and remote productions.

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Artificial intelligence will soon learn how to write articles on a given topic and do the transcripts. Internet services will replace people and their competence. For example, online services allow you to independently plan your trip, choose airfare and hotel. Develop services accounting and tax reporting, legal information portals.

Digitization of library collections and electronic document management will allow access to the necessary books and documents very quickly. Lost the role of the expert as a mediator between the data and users.

Automation and information technology can replace human in routine operations, which are easily algoritmiziruyutsya and control program. The program works faster with large amounts of data, and this is true in many professions.

Worth worrying and blue-collar workers. Partially robots have replaced workers of heavy physical labor, and the person is increasingly relegated to the role of the supervisor engines.

As you can see, almost all professional fields are influenced by scientific and technological progress. But if right now it's necessary to throw and begin to learn a new profession? Experts agree that the profession will not die in their own right, and will be modified.

In Russia, it is not yet fully realized the potential of the "ordinary" of the Internet. So do not dream of fantastic things like robots, chip - it's much easier. Profession by themselves are not going anywhere, they will simply respond to the demand of the society.

Timur Khairullin, ETHR

There is a trend of not dying professions, and their partial automation. Representatives of these professions will be less, they will have a narrow specialization, and their work will be on average more highly paid. "Serednyachki" in the professions is unlikely someone will be needed.

Dmitry Zhuravlev, HumanFactorLabs

Even if your profession is not at risk, it will probably be to adapt to the new realities that require you to new skills. Keep your nose to the wind.

Which professions appear today

Automation, information technology and the creation of robots not only threaten the existing professions, but also create new ones. For them, we need new competencies that are often found at the junction of several professional areas. Here are just a few examples of new occupations.

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Fantasy? It turns out that the demand for some specialists already have. In addition, changing the very concept of "profession", it becomes wider.

For example, a network lawyer in demand now. The Internet has its own laws, rules, rights and responsibilities, and to this hard-classical law applies. Therefore, experts in information security will be in demand in the near future in the broadest sense of the word.

Timur Khairullin, ETHR

Gradually, the concept of the profession itself change. This is not something that you choose once and for all life. Is a common skill to work with information using modern means: deep learning, machine learning.

Dmitry Zhuravlev, HumanFactorLabs

What to do?

Think of related occupations, to develop the skills that will be useful in any field today and tomorrow.

What are skills?

The creators of "Atlas of the new professions" group identified nadprofessionalnyh skills that are useful to modern experts: knowledge of several languages, programming, teamwork, inter-sectoral communication, systems thinking, customer focus, work in uncertainty mode, lean manufacturing, ecological thinking.

We already wrote about itemsWhich should enter into the school curriculum. The development of presentation skills, basic programming, financial and legal literacy - the knowledge will be useful, and students, and held art.

go retraining

Suppose you have already received their education, working in the specialty, acquire practical experience. But it does not hurt you to learn something new. Keep track of how your industry is changing, which new tools and methods of work are emerging.

Students and those with experience, I advise you to follow your dreams and do what you like, devoting as much time as possible. This is a guarantee that you will not find yourself on the sidelines.

Because the depth of useful experience declining every year - that was ten years ago, no one is interested. Easier to start from scratch than to understand that this experience gained is useful and what is already out of date. In many professions depth of useful experience not even ten years old, and three years. Programming - a vivid example.

Dmitry Zhuravlev, HumanFactorLabs

Learn new online

In an article about school subjects we talked about the three Russian educational sites. Also, we each month is a selection of interesting online courses for free or for little money will help to learn new skills.

Millenialy well know what they want. And if you want, they will go and learn. They were born with cell phones in hand and is well-versed in the new world. Therefore it is important to get a fundamental education and the basics of the profession, and then calmly choose where to go.

Timur Khairullin, ETHR

New technologies do affect the labor market and create demand for a degree previously unknown. But this does not mean that the old, "classic" profession will become extinct. They adapt to the new realities, will respond to society's demands and will continue to exist in a different form.

Nevertheless, not to be a stranger in this new world, keep up with the latest developments in your industry. Suck skills, study related subjects. And if you combine many years of experience with today's requirements.