From ‘Space Tour Guide’ to ‘Human Body Designer’: Future Jobs In 2025 Are More Awesome Than You Can Imagine!

First Posted: Aug 25, 2016 04:50 AM EDT
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A report titled 'Tomorrow's jobs' released this month by 'The Future Laboratory' in collaboration with 'Microsoft' has predicted ten astounding jobs for the future's graduates. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with technologists, academics, industry commentators and analysts, the study unveils 10 new creative job categories that are to exist by 2025.

"While these jobs may seem like the realms of science fiction, in reality they are indicative of changes that we are already seeing today," said Microsoft's Ryan Asdourian.

Welcome to the Future!

According to ScienceAlert, these future jobs demonstrate a whole new world of potential applications for the technology of today:

  • Space Tour GuideEarth orbit will become the new frontier for intrepid travellers by the mid-2020s and whole new categories of jobs will grow up to make their journeys into space discovery safe and enjoyable.  Space Tour Guides will use their exhaustive knowledge of the location of the thousands of satellites and pieces of junk from previous space missions to construct visits to the most interesting places in orbit.
  • Virtual Habitat Designer: Over the next decade, an entirely new global industry will grow up to manage the existence of the new virtual domains that will become a part of our everyday lives, the Report states. "These designers will be the superstar pioneers of the industry, leaving behind game design and joining product teams to create exciting new entertainment, work and learning environments." says Dave Miller, recruiter at Artefact.
  • Ethical Technology Advocate: From personal assistants to manual labor and customer service, the next decade will see the rise of the robots. There will be an extra 55,790 new jobs in the field of robotic engineering by 2018 alone, a research by Recruiter.com reveals. An ETA will negotiate our delicate relationship with the robots by setting the moral and ethical rules to make sure the robots don't take over the Earth.
  • Rewilding Strategist: Rewilding Strategists will reintroduce plants and animals that have been extinct in a region for centuries and manage assisted migrations in order to create resilient and vibrant landscapes in the face of advancing climate change.
  • Freelance Biohacker: Freelance Biohackers will be at the cutting edge of tomorrow's most exciting bioscience projects, playing a key role in projects ranging from the search for the next generation of antibiotics to the creation of genetically modified creatures.

The other jobs listed by the report include: Internet of Things (IoT) Data Creative, Personal Content Creator, Human Body Designer, Sustainable Power Innovator and Digital Cultural Commentator As we design astonishing virtual habitats and cure deadly diseases from the comfort of our own sofas, the graduates have to start to develop the necessary skills today in order to ensure a future proof career.

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