What are the jobs of the future? (At Issue)

What are the jobs of the future? (At Issue)

(#0815VS9)

Hardcover Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015

Price: USD 32.87

Description: 111 pages; 24 cm.
Dewey: 331.7; Audience: Young Adult

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Paperback Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015

USD 28.80

Product Overview
From Follett

Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-105) and index.;Many jobs will be replaced by technological innovation / Bernard Condon and Paul Wiseman -- Coming to an office near you / The Economist -- Data scientist is the most promising job of the future / Hilary Mason, interviewed by Greg A. Smith for Credit Suisse -- Software engineer is a promising job of the future / John R. Platt -- Fewer youths are seeking jobs in agriculture / Joseph Cress -- College degrees will be valuable for the jobs of the future / Pew Research Center -- A matter of degrees / Anne Kim -- Science and math education will provide job opportunities and security / David Langdon et al. -- Gender gaps may continue in science and math education / Kimberly Pohl and Melissa Silverberg -- Freelancing will replace traditional employment / Brad Howarth -- Offices will become more flexible workplaces / Alison Maitland and Peter Thomson -- Coworking: is it just a fad or the future of business? / Adriana Lopez. Contains twelve essays that offer differing perspectives on issues related to jobs in the future, including what the most promising career areas might be.

From the Publisher
The rise of robot automation in the automobile manufacturing industry struck fear into many a laborer's heart, as it was equated with human job and career loss. A Ball State University 2015 study found 88 percent of U.S. job loss was due to robots or homegrown factors to reduce factories' need for human labor. The International Federation of Robotics, however reported that between 2010 and 2015, the U.S. automotive sector installed 135,000 robots, but hired 230,000 human employees. So while technology advances, will it replace us in our current jobs, or create new ones for us? Is Data Scientist the most promising job of the future, or is that all techno-hype? Are our office environments going to be replaced by the off-site work-at-home or freelance model? This book compiles essays and works from eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, and newspapers to give your readers the forecast of jobs to come. Salient facts are pulled out from the text and repeated, making it easy for students to compile details for research and report writing.
Product Details
  • Publisher: Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
  • Publication Date: March 31, 2015
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Series: At issue. Social issues
  • Dewey: 331.7
  • Classifications: Nonfiction
  • Description: 111 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Tracings: Espejo, Roman, 1977- editor.
  • ISBN-10: 0-7377-7199-2
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7377-7199-2
  • LCCN: 2014-041142
  • Follett Number: 0815VS9
  • Audience: Young Adult