What will the jobs of the future be?

[Anonymous]

maybe farming, agriculture? World needs it, so nothing wrong with doing that.

[Anonymous]

Translators for Mandarin and Cantonese dialects so we can communicate with our bosses.

[Anonymous]

Illuminati slaves

[Anonymous]

If you can cultivate the following 3 qualities, you won't have to worry about your child's success in the future:

1) Curiosity - This is what keep adults learning. As some previous posters have touched upon, one needs to keep learning to stay in the game.

2) Awareness - For every industry out there with human interactions, being aware of the environment is an essential skill. Subsets would include brand awareness (knowing what type of vibe you are putting out there), opportunity awareness (networking with enough people to find out about opportunities first), risk awareness (understanding risks to either mitigate or reduce...A.K.A playing hero),..etc. Would highly recommend the child to read a translated version of the Art of War by Sun Tzu.

3) Commitment - This ties into the second point a little in the brand management part, but is essential in any career. This is a huge make or break for most people's careers, both early and late. What level of commitment will someone invest in order to reach a goal? This last point is much harder to instill in adolescents as the payoff is not immediately apparent.

[Anonymous]

Hand pick recycling from land fills.

[Anonymous]

Funeral Director

[Anonymous]

Not Architect. But don't tell DC, because DC is passionate about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a college career director here in town. I would worry less about a particular title than I would that your child develop the best skills possible. All the employer surveys we do say the employers are looking for people in all fields...but especially want people with good oral and written communication skills. They say too many college graduates have inadequate communications skills.

This is so true. I had a position to fill recently, had a ton of resumes but put a large number straight into the circular file. Lots of people cannot write even well enough to get a resume together on their own. They also frequently fail to proof read and correct typos.

Slightly off topic, but my colleague went to a career fair recently to recruit and met recent college grads who were at the career fair and brought their parents along for assistance. Some of the parents were trying to sit in on the discussions she was having with candidates. She had to tell the parents that they can't sit for the interview with their kid. So, my slightly off topic advice is help him to be able to 1) communicate well orally and in writing, and 2) be able to communicate independently.