10 Jobs Disappearing in the Next 10 Years. The fields of automation and artificial intelligence have seen incredible advances over the last two decades. While those are two industries that are seen to have excellent growth potential for the next few decades, they are also ushering in the loss of jobs in other fields. In the US, the push for a $15 per hour minimum wage has pushed many industries to consider automating their workforce as much as possible and much sooner than initially planned.
Also, since the COVID-19 pandemic forced many workers to stay home and work remotely, many companies and corporations are reevaluating how many workers they can convert to contract employees, which would represent significant savings in the costs of benefit and incentive programs. So if you are looking to re-enter the workforce or change jobs, be sure to keep the following list of disappearing jobs in mind.
10 Jobs Disappearing in the Next 10 Years
Bank Tellers
Banks have spent astronomical amounts creating online platforms and educating their customers on how to use them. Bank customers can now pay their bills, apply for loans and even open new accounts without ever speaking to a human being. With Americans now using either debit or credit cards for over seventy percent of all purchases, the need to withdraw cash is also decreasing. Although financial specialists will still be needed, such as Investment Advisors and Mortgage Loan Officers, the need for bank tellers is disappearing quickly.
Fast Food Workers
This field has long held positions for employees first entering the job force or looking for a second part-time job. However, as the pressure mounts for these establishments to raise their hourly rates, many fast-food chains are transitioning to a robotic workforce. Also, since most of the work is repetitive, robots that can take orders, flip hamburgers and cook fries are already working in major cities worldwide.
Travel Agent
When was the last time that you called a travel agent to book a trip? This once-thriving industry was already in decline due in large part to the large internet booking sites and the significant increase in travel rewards credit cards. Some travel agencies held their ground by focusing on business travel; however, the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions effectively erased the need for this type of booking.
Mail Carriers
Do not be alarmed. There will still be people to deliver parcels to your door from all of your online shopping adventures. However, as you receive more and more of your bills and correspondence through electronic means and as handwritten letters are no longer be written or sent, the role of the traditional letter carrier will likely go the way of the dinosaur.
Grocery Store Cashier
For anyone who has bought groceries in the last decade, the rise of self-service check-out registers comes as no surprise. Currently, most large grocers are working at a fifty to fifty percent ratio between humans and self-service cashiers; however, as consumers become more comfortable with the process, grocery stores will increasingly become more automated.
Dispatcher
As taxi companies are under pressure from companies such as Lyft and Uber, so too are dispatchers. Google maps and other booking software have basically eliminated the need for a human workforce in both local and long-haul transportation services.
Telemarketer
While many people will not be sad to realize the telemarketer job is becoming extinct, it is due to hiring costs, hourly salaries, and the expense of employee taxes and benefits. It does not mean that unwanted sales calls will stop; machines will make the calls with recorded messages instead of living human beings.
Legal Secretary
The astronomical number of lawyers in the US and worldwide may surprise many people, but the legal industry is open to automation. As new technologies in cloud computing and artificial intelligence begin to be adopted, many of the significant roles filled by current legal secretaries will be done by computers.
Printers and Publishers
Publishing and printing have been almost entirely eclipsed by technology. Newspaper readership is at an all-time low, and the rise of e-books and audiobooks have also help to decimate this industry. Hopefully, actual books and periodicals will continue to exist, but people trained in the old ways of producing will be hard-pressed to find employment soon.
Retail Jeweler
Both the American and worldwide jewelry industry has been shrinking at an alarming pace. Thanks to manufacturing going global and a lack of demand from younger generations, many retail jewelry stores are closing their doors for good.
Now that you are armed with the knowledge of which jobs are disappearing and why you can take the time to consider careers that have a better chance of thriving in the future.
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