Recently, at The Global Futurist Blog we took a look into the future of "employment evolution within the next several years with Thomas Frey, a Futurist whom I respect and whose work I find thought-provoking.
In contrast (and in some cases, agreement), please take a quick look at a CBS Business News slideshow talking about the very immediate future and those particular jobs that are subject to rapid extinction (or, euphemistically, non-renewal and non-replacement. You can view the slideshow (a very attractive presentation and of increasing page viewings and time engaged by viewers on the site by clicking on the giant hyperlink (reminds of the Watson-Crick Model of the structure of DNA, but longer) which follows, When you have finished, please hit the "BACK" button on your browser to come back home to me.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8334-505125_162-57343788/will-these-10-jobs-disappear-in-2012/?utm_source=cbsi&utm_medium=network%2Bbanners&utm_content=carousel&utm_campaign=dynamic%2Bcarousel
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Aside from the obvious observation that CBS is addressing very specific careers in the very immediate future, I wanted to give your Douglas E Castle's extinction ratings for the CBS list.
I've assigned various specific rankings to the likelihood and speed of extinction of the positions, as follows:
Key: On a scale of 1 to 5, a 1 represents the most likely to disappear most rapidly, and a 5 represents a slower and less likely disappearance. If you're in a career with a "1," get your running shoes on now. If your in a career with a "5," it's time to learn a new skill and polish up your resume...
JUDGE 3
FASHION DESIGNER 3
INSURANCE UNDERWRITER 2
TRAVEL AGENT 2
NEWSPAPER REPORTER 1
BROADCAST ANNOUNCER 1
PLANT MANAGER 4
CHEMIST 4
ECONOMIST 2
CEO 5
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And that is all I have to say about that, except these professions will die out in the US first due to increasing offshoring, outsourcing, consolidations (through mergers and acquisitions) of some colossally large companies, and of course news aggregation, syndication and the increasing availability of free content -- despite the general deterioration in its quality.
Douglas E Castle for The Global Futurist Blog and The Internationalist Page Blog
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