For today’s high school and college students, the future of work is a landscape of unprecedented change. The career advice that worked for their parents is quickly becoming obsolete. The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, automation, and machine learning are not just changing jobs; they are eliminating entire categories of them. Many roles that seem stable today are on the verge of a technological tipping point. For the Class of 2025, who will be entering the workforce in a few short years, this isn’t a distant future; it’s an imminent reality. Several familiar jobs that will disappear are fading faster than anyone expected.
Here are eight jobs that are likely to be dramatically reduced or eliminated by the time today’s students graduate.
