Emerging and Changing Careers
Key ideas about how technology, green energy, and new ways of working create and reshape American jobs.
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What surprising fact should students hear about future jobs?
Many of the jobs they will hold as adults do not exist yet — jobs like app developer or drone pilot didn't exist a generation ago.
What are the three forces reshaping American work?
1) Computers, data, and artificial intelligence; 2) Green energy and climate work; 3) Changes in how and where we work (remote, gig, online shopping).
What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
Software that learns patterns from huge amounts of examples — it can write drafts, summarize documents, spot tumors on X-rays, and answer customer questions.
Name two of the fastest-growing occupations in the U.S. that don't need a four-year degree.
Wind turbine service technician and solar photovoltaic installer.
What does a cybersecurity analyst do?
Protects computer systems from hackers — a field with more open jobs than people to fill them.
What is an AI ethics specialist?
Someone who checks that a computer system is fair and safe.
What is the key difference between a task and a job?
Machines replace tasks first, not whole jobs; a job survives when the human parts are hard to automate.
Which human qualities are hardest to automate?
Judgment, caring, creativity, physical skill in messy real-world spaces, and persuading other people.
Give examples of jobs that shrank because of machines.
Elevator operators, switchboard telephone operators, and typing pools; ATMs changed bank teller work and self-checkout changed cashier work.
What are the 'skills that travel' (transferable skills)?
Learning how to learn, reading and writing clearly, math and data sense, and working well with people.
