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Want To Guarantee A Job Tomorrow? Study These 3 Areas Today
The blockchain. Automation. Artificial intelligence.
Which of these areas should you study today to guarantee a job tomorrow? And what should you do if technology isn’t your passion?
According to a recent Harvard Business Review article by John Hagel III, three kinds of jobs will thrive as automation advances: composers, coaches and creators.
Studying these areas today will help you avoid the unemployment line tomorrow.
The good news is these types of jobs directly relate to creative projects and working with other people. In other words, you don’t need to become a tech savant.
Create Unique Products
According to Statista, the number of self-published books in the United States alone jumped from approximately 100,000 to almost 800,000 between 2000 and 2016.
The tools for creators are becoming easier to use. Vellum, for example, simplifies turning manuscripts into print and Kindle book files you can publish on Amazon and eliminates (or at least reduces) the cost of hiring a book designer.
You can even turn your passions into products that sell. For example, Australian businessman Adam Jelic of MiGoals created a series of daily planners because he felt…
