The new jobs for the 21st century

The Times: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article6975140.ece

"(...) It’s 2030 and, as you approach your supermarket till, there is not a cashier to be seen. In this cashless world, personal service in shops, banks and cinemas has become a thing of the past (...)"

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Nanomedic

Will devise a range of subatomic “nanoscale” healthcare devices, procedures and body inserts, including “cargo ships” that seek out cancerous cells in the bloodstream.


Old-age wellness manager/consultant

Will offer medical, pharmaceutical, psychiatric, natural and fitness solutions to the elderly.
Memory-augmentation surgeon

Will add extra memory capacity to people who want to increase their recall ability, and help those suffering sensory shutdown.

New-science ethicist

Will help society make consistent choices about not just whether we can make developments, but whether we should.

Climate-change-reversal specialist

Will advise on possible climate-change solutions, from filling the oceans with iron filings to giant sun-ray-deflecting umbrellas.

Quarantine enforcer

The person to guard the gates – to cities, and countries – should a deadly virus break out.

Weather-modification police

Will control and monitor who is allowed to shoot rockets containing silver iodine into the air, to provoke rainfall from passing clouds.

Avatar manager and devotees

Avatars (computer personas that serve as personal interactive guides) could be used to support or even replace teachers in the elementary classroom. The devotee is the human who ensures that the avatar and the student are properly matched and engaged.

Narrowcasters

Specialists working with content providers and advertisers to create personalised content.

Waste-data handler

Will provide a secure data-disposal service for those who do not want to be tracked.

Virtual-clutter organiser

Will help to organise electronic lives, handling e-mail, storing data and managing IDs and rationalising applications used.

Time broker and trader

There are already 100 time banks in the UK, trading depositors’ time instead of money. A broker will buy and sell surplus time from banks to help those who need it.

Social-networking counsellor

Will help those traumatised or marginalised by social networking.

Personal branders

Will help to “brand” personalities, working as an extension of the role played by stylists, publicists and executive coaches.

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