Explore a Bright Future For Your Child - Top Careers in 2020

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Isa_Kain]Isa Kain

As another year of rapid change passes and the shadow of recession lifts slowly, a slew of new careers are waiting to be explored in the new decade. How is it going to unfold for your children who will stand at important crossroads in 2020? What kind of career options will they have? As we grow into an information-driven society and technology advances, Generation 2020 will find itself caught in a brain race. The youth of the future are likely to consider becoming space architects or genetic counsellors, careers that we can only dream of at this point in time.

Lets take a look at some careers of the future.

1. Healthcare:

Healthcare involves the diagnoses, treatment and care of people, whether newly born, terminally ill or the elderly. The scope of this field has remarkably evolved over the last few years due to increasing investments, growing hospital chains, changing lifestyles and longer life spans. Apart from the traditional areas of medical practice (physicians, dentists, ophthalmologists, cardiologists etc.), careers such as hospital administrators, health technologists and technicians and medical research will see a surge in the long term. Nursing as a profession, will also evolve owing especially to rising numbers of the aged population striving for a better life. The latest additions to the series of upcoming careers in this field are those in brain analysis and genetic counselling.

2. Wealth-care:

Though the finance sector was badly hit by the recession, the clouds have slowly begun to shift and make way for new vistas. Individual earnings are on the rise and so is their willingness to take risks with their money. That being the case, there is a need for professionals who understand, explain, save and multiply their money for them. This opens up doors to careers in financial/investment advisory, risk management, wealth management, and corporate finance.

3. Engineering

With boundless innovation in technology, careers unheard of until now are being touted as options for the new generation. Move over computers and telecommunication engineers, your children will specialise in fields such as robotics, teleportation, simulation and space tourism.

4. Education:

Education is another field where investments are pouring in. Also, it is gradually taking a global as well as commercial avatar. As more foreign universities collaborate with Indian educational institutes and organisations, the latter have begun to move towards organised recruitment processes. Apart from the traditional positions such as chancellors and vice-chancellors, positions such as CEO and COO are also making way into the system.

As teaching methods continue to reform, the 'e' word has already made its way into teaching methods. Thus educational content developers will gain increasing importance in the years to come.

5. IT:

An intelligent network has become a necessity for any setup. Therefore web and system analysts, designers and developers will continue to remain in demand and will be required to undertake increasingly complex profiles. So will software designers and developers, web consultants and information mangers. Also, parallel programming is a relatively new career, likely to become popular in the years to come.

6. Green Jobs:

The pressure of demand on depleting resources is only likely to increase manifold in the future. In such a scenario, we will need people who can come to our rescue; people who specialise in 'resource recycling' and 'intelligent infrastructure'. So when your children grow up, you may see them working on jobs involving renewable energy, biogas, solar and wind power systems, environmental products and services and so on. Other areas include research and development, manufacturing, consulting, energy generation, energy efficient buildings and construction and project design and implementation. Sustainable environment-related fields are expected to lure future job seekers in huge proportions, akin to what IT did a decade ago.

7. Biotechnology Jobs:

Another sector likely to see high growth is biotechnology, which will also create several jobs in the fields of manufacturing, sales, research, development and so on. Careers options in this area include drug discovery, cell therapy and tissue engineering, bio-informatics, clinical research, intellectual property, bio-analytical chemistry, plant engineering etc.

8. Agriculture and other Agriculture-based careers:

Despite making progress in several sectors, agriculture continues to be an important source of income in India. The advent of agricultural technology is expected to foster growth in agriculture and other agriculture-based sectors. There is and will continue to be ample scope for making successful careers in flower farming, spices processing, pharmaceutics, dairy, fruit and vegetable, meat and fish and other food processing sectors. Also, several job seekers are expected to opt for the relatively less explored organic food and beverages industry.

9. Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is fast becoming popular and offers plenty of career options in fields as varied as medicine, engineering, cosmetics, computer hardware and software, robotics, defence, research and development and so on.

10. Other Opportunities:

a) Experimental Petrologist: These are people who study the evolution and formation of rocks on other planets.

b) Realizer: A realizer creates real versions of virtual objects.

c) Weather Modification Police: These people supervise over those who produce iodine induced rainfall from passing clouds. They are responsible for controlling the iodine quantities used for weather modification.

d) Unplugging: This is a mental health professional responsible to help wean people from excess technology dependence.

These are the promises that the future holds for children of today. It seems like a difficult path to tread, but then it always is and cannot be any different. One thing is for sure though, given the immense scope for exploring a wide array of career choices, providing your child the space for self exploration is imperative.

Also the future of your child, education and success depends on how well you plan today.
Be prepared and everything will fall into place.

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Thanks & Regards,

Isa Kain, [http://www.educationisinsurance.com]Education in India

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How to Teach the Children of Our Future

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Craig_Dean]Craig Dean

Schools are now faced with the need to offer careers support advice and teach skills for the future. We are preparing children for job opportunities that have not yet been created. Many of my friends are now working within web design and other IT jobs which were certainly not taught within the classroom 15 years ago. As globalisation allows markets to operate internationally, communications have improved significantly. Many of the pupils we teach today will be working alongside other global communities as part of their everyday working experiences.

We only have to look at the way in which the leading political parties within the UK are communicating with potential electorates in the upcoming General Election, and you will see that Global Social Networks are central to effective communications.

How often do people in full time employment, part time employment or even temporary employment work solely as an individual? Would you want to work in an environment without social interaction on a daily basis?

With this in mind, I wish you to consider some of the activities you may plan into your lessons, and how long, over a period of a week, pupils spend working on a task individually. Allowing the pupils you are offering careers support to and teaching to work independently, in silence, on a regular basis, for long periods of time is not conducive to preparing those individuals for future job opportunities whether in full time employment, part time employment or temporary employment.

Pupils need to develop their 'group work skills' and pupils regardless of academic ability really struggle with many aspects of team work. Indeed I know many adults that were denied the employment support they needed and are now uncomfortable in this role. I often wonder how this may have affected their own employment success.

Here I am going to suggest ways that you can embed some simple support structures within the classroom to enable the pupils to work with others, feel a sense of challenge and excitement within an inclusive, and not isolated or intimidating environment. I must go on to say that you must not deviate too far from the structures as it may make them less effective in terms of the employment support you are trying to deliver.

Employment Support - Rally Robin

This involves pupils taking turns in partners sharing information. Pupil one says a word or an offers an idea, then pupil two, then back to one again, and so on. This structure is ideal for getting pupils to think about a new topic, it can also be ideal as an assessment tool to start a lesson recapping what they remember about the previous lesson, or as a overall topic revision tool. This is great for self and peer assessment whilst remaining fun.

Employment Support - Round Robin

This structure is similar to Rally Robin, but involves students taking turns in a team, sharing information verbally. The information can also be shared by passing a piece of paper around the team and pupils adding a different idea each time. You can decide which style is more suitable for your pupils careers support.

Employment Support - Numbered Heads

Teacher poses a question, think time is given. When each pupil has given their individual choices they will show their team they are ready with a "thumbs up". Teacher then says "heads together". Pupils get off their seats and lean into the centre of the table to decide upon their chosen answer. When they all know the answer they sit down. When all teams are sat down you can tell that the whole class is ready. You can use a variety of techniques to choose a spokesperson from a spinner, to smallest shoe size, longest hair etc. The pupil from each team must pick up the whiteboard and pen on their table and write the answer and stand up. This must be done in silence. Give a signal and each team shows you their answer at the same time. A team point can be awarded for each right answer.

So how do structures help pupils to develop skills within full time employment, part time employment or temporary employment? Well it is quite simple. These structures enable he pupils to bring creativity to the table, to listen to other people's opinions, to contribute to decision making, and to work under pressure. These certainly are skills required in the workplace that I can identify with...how about you?

My name is Craig Dean and I have been massively successful in the recruitment industry for over 15 years and am considered as a specialist in acquiring real job opportunities for "go getters". I have successfully assisted thousands of people just like you in securing full time employment, part time employment, temporary employment and even working from home placements across all sectors. I invite you to read my articles and blogs for further advice at http://www.employmentsupport.net

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