1. Looking Into The Future
Futurecasting
Do you need to predict the future of your career field?

2. Futurecasting
Investigating your career and making predictions based on trends
Making predictions of how the world might change
Will this career be there when I am ready to start working?
Will there be a need for this career throughout my lifetime?
How will this career change in the next couple of decades?

3. 1. What year were you born. List 3 inventions that have been
1. What year were you born? List 3 inventions that have been created since you were born.

4. 2. What is the average number of jobs a person has in their lifetime after the age of 25?

5. 3. What is the average number of careers a person has in their lifetime after the age of 25?

6. 4. In the next ten years, what career area will have the most job openings?

7. 5. In the next ten years, what will be the fastest growing career cluster?

8. 6. How many of the top ten careers of the future exist today?

9. 7. What type of elective courses should you take in high school to prepare for the careers of the future?

10. 8. What percentage of careers in the future will require a bachelor’s degree?

11. 9. What percentage of careers in the future will generally need little or no training or education?

12. 10. Which of the following age groups includes the largest number of people?
The Digital or Millennial Generation – born in 1982 or later
Generation X – born
Baby Boomers – born
Silent Generation – born

13. 11. In the next ten years, which racial group will be the largest percentage of the labor force?

14. 12. In what year was the cellular phone introduced to the public?

15. 13. In what year was the Internet available to the general public?

16. 14. Who makes more computers, IBM or General Motors?

17. 15. What invention has made the most impact on your generation?

18. Trend watching is vital to futurecasting because the employment outlook is changing rapidly. Changes that occur all over the world. Some trends affect us now and others in the future. Understanding the trends and thinking about how they may influence your career, you can plan how to adapt as times change.

19. Technological Changes
1981 – IBM first introduced its desktop computer
Laptops
Ipads
1983 – Cell Phones
No home phones
Everyone has one
Don Norman – CTO of Apple and Hewlett Packard predicts that by 2020 – 100% of US will have digital technology

20. How will technology affect your career?
Increasing numbers of high tech jobs
Many of these positions did not exist even 5 years ago
Positions replaced by technology

21. Demographic Changes Information about population Labor Force
Ethnic background
Age
Education
Labor Force
All persons 16 and older who are working or actively seeking employment

22. Age- Related Changes Older Workforce Older population
Potential for jobs working with senior citizen
Travel planning
Elder care
Home healthcare
Wellness centers
Medical research
Ways to keep you looking younger

23. Changes in Families Decrease single wage earning families
51% of couples – both parents have careers
59% of women with infants are in the workforce
Increase in single parent households
Careers Affected
Outside services such as yard maintenance & cleaning services
Childcare services

24. Ethnic Diversity Increase in minorities Knowing a second language
Learn customs of other cultures