Check if your Current job is on the endangered-species list.
Things change — be it from technology advancing, an influx of cheap labor due to globalization or even just a change in consumer tastes. Yet, despite the fact that many industries and jobs seemed doomed to the dust bins of history, many people remain stuck in denial — even when we should be looking forward to automation and robots taking the reins from humans.
Businesses come and go.
A very small number tend to survive through the generations, and it’s unlikely even some of the biggest names in business today will make it to the next century. Things change, and economies evolve. There’s not much you can do about it. And when that happens, the jobs change, too.
By looking at employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics related to job growth and decline, we were able to pinpoint a handful of jobs that are rapidly shrinking globally — and which might be almost completely gone within the next decade. We also used some information from a report compiled by Lottoland.
Of course, these jobs will probably always exist in some fashion in Nigeria. But their roles are quickly diminishing. For that reason, they might not be fields you want to try to break into. Let’s take a quick look to see if your job is on the endangered-species list.
DRIVERS
FARMERS
Not all
farmers will disappear within 10 years, but as we’ve seen over the past couple
of generations, their role will diminish. At one time, most Americans were
farmers. Now, there
are only 2 million across the country. And it’s a shrinking field.
Technology is making it easier for fewer people to produce more yield, and it’s
likely that indoor farms and even lab-grown meats will start increasing in
popularity. The new batch of farmers might resemble scientists and biologists
more than anything.
POSTAL
WORKERS
The number
of postal workers is dwindling, and there are numerous reasons for that.
Private companies, such as UPS and FedEx, are taking on some of the burden. But
like many other entries on this list, technology is the main culprit. Mail
carriers can’t deliver an email for you, after all, and as the mail system’s
facilities become more automated and technologically capable, fewer people are
going to be needed to run them. Postal workers have been pegged as
America’s fastest-disappearing job.
BROADCASTERS
Many people
in different parts of western world have
already labeled broadcast journalism as dead. Of course, this is another
industry that won’t disappear completely. But it is shrinking, meaning the few
positions that are out there will become even more competitive. And generally,
broadcast reporting is a hard job that pays relatively little and requires long
hours.
FISHERMEN
Professional
fishermen face threats to their jobs on all fronts. The technology is clearly
getting better, meaning fewer people are required to run an operation. But
imports of seafood and farm-raised fish are becoming more popular and cheaper.
There’s also the issue of overfishing to take into consideration and the
fact that climate change is having a big effect on marine life and stocks
of available fish.
PRINTERS AND
PUBLISHERS
Publishing
and printing, at least in the old-fashioned sense, is an endangered industry.
Technology has brought it to the digital realm, and we’ve seen the aftermath in
declining newspaper readership and the rise of e-books. We’ll always
publish books and periodicals, but the folks who have been trained in the old
ways of producing them are likely to find themselves out of a job in the near
future.
Cashiers
It’s clear
to anyone who has been in a grocery store or big box chain recently that the
days of the cashier are numbered. Cashiers, like many others, are slowly but
surely being replaced with self-checkout kiosks. Amazon is taking this a step
further by experimenting with stores that don’t have
checkout lines at all. It might take longer than a decade for the majority
of cashiers to disappear, but they’re on the list.
Delivery
We’ve already
included jobs, such as drivers and postal workers. Both of those jobs aim at
one primary function: delivering things. But we think that adding “delivery” as
its own category is justified. Millions of people deliver things professionally
— be it pizzas, newspapers, or even people. And once again, the clock is
ticking on these jobs, potentially leaving tens of millions out of work.
Travel agents
Depending on
how old you are, it’s entirely possible you never used a travel agent. But at
one time, these people were indispensable. These days, you can easily find a
flight, hotel, and car all from your phone — which is the main reason these
jobs are headed for extinction.
Dispatchers
We touched
on drivers and delivery, but what about the people who tell those people where
to go? They, too, are in trouble. We traditionally call these people
dispatchers, and their jobs are in serious jeopardy. The main reason why is due
to automation like many other imperiled jobs. Computers can route resources
where they’re needed as well as (if not better than) any human.
Telemarketers
There was a
time when you didn’t want to answer your phone because you thought it might be
a telemarketer. They still exist, but fewer of them are actual flesh-and-blood
humans. You might be familiar with robocalls. These days, these robot callers
are replacing telemarketers. They’ll be able to make more calls in less time,
all while eliminating the need for employers to pay people to do it.
Manufacturing workers
We’re seeing
manufacturing decline at a fast pace. It’s been happening for a while, too.
This is one of the biggest issues facing the American economy. We simply don’t
have or need armies of manufacturing workers like we used to. Factories have
been automated, and many other manufacturing jobs have been relocated to
countries where labor is cheaper. These jobs aren’t coming back, and they will,
in all likelihood, continue to disappear.
Sports officials and referees
The job of sports referee would be better
suited for a robot or artificial intelligence. People make mistakes, after all,
so why not put a robot in charge? Plus, who are you going to argue with when
you feel the robot has made a bad call? It’s all sensors and circuits and
isn’t influenced by the crowd, opposing players, or coaches. It’s hard to say
whether we’ll see a robo-ref anytime soon, but don’t be shocked when Wall-E is
throwing flags in the Super Bowl.
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