For cloud computing hype there is greater chance of outsourcing hightech jobs to remote datacenter areas. Many electronics goods have been been given shape into smart phone apps which are cutting jobs of traditional light electronics fancy products as well as opening opportunity for smart app developers.
As the internet goes wireless more and more, so the cable manufacturing companies cut workforces.
Now in the age of SNS, people are more connected to one another even unknown people are becoming friends more easily than ever, so this will seriously empowers networking by assisting job seekers.
Headhunters are as much negotiators as talent sourcers so I can see some of them surviving thank you very much! Regarding Translators and teachers, it's interesting that for the 2022 World Cup bid, Japan were pitching the availability of instant translation software to change your words through a handheld interface from one language to another. Pretty soon we will only need Teachers to teach us our own language unless we have some facscination with learning the 'old-fashioned way'.
Endagered: Headhunters (replaced by social networking sites), Translators/ interpreters (replaced by voice recognition technology), eikaiwa sensei (replaced by interactive robots), Prostitutes (replaced by very sexy and identical to human robots).
Always in demand: Programmers, Robot maintenance engineers.
Always need pros. Endangered - equity brokers, supermarket check out drones, blokes with light wands by the side of the road. Actually maybe the latter 2 only outside Japan......
Oracle techs, magazine & newspaper stand, book stores (another 40 years books stores will shut down) telephone book publishers, and thing related to paper (40 years or less no more printed paper products except tissues and tp), paper junkmail delivery people,
yakimo salespeople who buys those potatoes really ??????
Tarentos on TV will be all replaced by monkeys donkeys and bears with mind reading voicebox collar. What ever they are thinking about will be translated and you will hear their thoughts in English or Japanese.
Endangered - newspaper delivery boys, electric appliance repair men (They're pricing themselves out of a job - it's cheaper these days to buy a new whatever with all the bells and whistles than to have your old obsolete (over a year old) model repaired.)
Prostitutes will one day (not yet) be replaced by androids or a pill or brain implant that lets you enjoy a virtual encounter without the risk of infection.
Always a demand - J-E translators, yes I hope so! Also police officers and TV directors. And, sadly, soldiers.
Japanese to English translators...
Well, at least until computers get smart enough to guess the omitted subject of a sentence or Japanese start adding subjects to all the sentences they write without a subject.
Ah, Job Security!
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fondofj
For cloud computing hype there is greater chance of outsourcing hightech jobs to remote datacenter areas. Many electronics goods have been been given shape into smart phone apps which are cutting jobs of traditional light electronics fancy products as well as opening opportunity for smart app developers. As the internet goes wireless more and more, so the cable manufacturing companies cut workforces. Now in the age of SNS, people are more connected to one another even unknown people are becoming friends more easily than ever, so this will seriously empowers networking by assisting job seekers.
Disillusioned
Wow! As an English teacher that golfer boy advertising the English lessons by CD is scarying the crap out of me!
METinTokyo
@Porter; you're describing otaku heaven.
goddog
People that make roll up windows for cars will be out of a job.
Always in demand, will be the 10 or so people to watch road construction being done by 1 or two people.
Always in demand, will be cops that like to stop HS girls with short skirts to see if they stole the bikes they are riding.
Always in demand, 15 managers at each McDonald's outfit, managing two or three workers.
angelheart
Headhunters are as much negotiators as talent sourcers so I can see some of them surviving thank you very much! Regarding Translators and teachers, it's interesting that for the 2022 World Cup bid, Japan were pitching the availability of instant translation software to change your words through a handheld interface from one language to another. Pretty soon we will only need Teachers to teach us our own language unless we have some facscination with learning the 'old-fashioned way'.
seesaw
You think so? But now they came up with Rosetta Stone English, etc. Even the ringo obachan in Aomori could speak Portuguese...lol.
porter
Endagered: Headhunters (replaced by social networking sites), Translators/ interpreters (replaced by voice recognition technology), eikaiwa sensei (replaced by interactive robots), Prostitutes (replaced by very sexy and identical to human robots).
Always in demand: Programmers, Robot maintenance engineers.
sakurala
Jobs likely to disappear... firefighters through robotic technology. Jobs that will always be around... anything in the pleasure industry
proudnippon
no. way.
Wakarimasen
Always need pros. Endangered - equity brokers, supermarket check out drones, blokes with light wands by the side of the road. Actually maybe the latter 2 only outside Japan......
lotus2
Always be a demand for -- workers in the food and entertainment industry. Endangered -- workers who can be replaced by robots.
Gurukun
whiskeysour, do you think? I may just try and take on producung or directing! LOL!
fishy
always be a demand for --- translators/interpreters, teachers, sports ( baseball/soccer etc) players, cook.
endangered - rental video/DVD/CD shops.
whiskeysour
" which jobs do you think there will always be a demand for? "--
Blackmarket salespeople, ugly j fashion coordinators & designers, Pimps, Madams, prostitutes, & drug dealers.
No. 1 job that will be in demand for decades porno stars, directors and producers.
timtak
Always a demand: whalers
whiskeysour
Oracle techs, magazine & newspaper stand, book stores (another 40 years books stores will shut down) telephone book publishers, and thing related to paper (40 years or less no more printed paper products except tissues and tp), paper junkmail delivery people, yakimo salespeople who buys those potatoes really ??????
Tarentos on TV will be all replaced by monkeys donkeys and bears with mind reading voicebox collar. What ever they are thinking about will be translated and you will hear their thoughts in English or Japanese.
cleo
Endangered - newspaper delivery boys, electric appliance repair men (They're pricing themselves out of a job - it's cheaper these days to buy a new whatever with all the bells and whistles than to have your old obsolete (over a year old) model repaired.)
Prostitutes will one day (not yet) be replaced by androids or a pill or brain implant that lets you enjoy a virtual encounter without the risk of infection.
Always a demand - J-E translators, yes I hope so! Also police officers and TV directors. And, sadly, soldiers.
Eyeblack
What jobs will there aways be a demand for? Sex workers.
knowitall
Japanese to English translators... Well, at least until computers get smart enough to guess the omitted subject of a sentence or Japanese start adding subjects to all the sentences they write without a subject. Ah, Job Security!
marcels
There will always be a demand for an, eigo sensei itsumo..
papigiulio
hahaha thnx for making me spray coffee on my keyboard gurukun.
But yeah prostitution, carpenters, plumbers top 3.
Gurukun
Endangered Species List-Telephone operators
Always be a Demand for List-Crematoriums and Prostitution