Future-Proof Training: Getting Ready For Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

Living in the age of technology and globalization means that Shift Happens at lightspeed: “The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t exist yet, using technologies that haven’t been invented, in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.” In fact, students who are starting a four-year technical or college degree will discover that the knowledge they acquired in their first year will be irrelevant by the time they reach their third year. If changes happen that fast in education, what does it mean for the workplace? For companies?

Seven out of ten workers are currently in jobs where there is a great uncertainty about their future. And only one in ten workers is currently in an occupation that will grow in demand in the future. According to the experts from the Institute for the Future (IFTF), it was estimated that around 85% of the jobs of 2030 haven’t even been invented yet.

So how can people future-proof themselves and stay employed? How can companies develop their employees so they have the skills that the company will need in the future?