Career profile of emerging and future occupations - contains job descriptions, training needs and projections of probable employment opportunities in computer science industrial robotics and artificial intelligence, energy, industries, information science, seabed mining, petroleum industry exploration, space sciences, etc., and contains futuristic exercise questionnaires, references.

This book focuses on 10 of the most promising new technologies and the careers that they will foster, picking up where the 1983 book, "Emerging Careers" by Norman Feingold, left off. The book talks about the work that must be done in new ways as technological breakthroughs open new applications. By looking first at the technologies and their current and anticipated applications, the book anticipates opportunities in the workplace. Each chapter provides an overview of an emerging technology, discusses employment opportunities created by it, and outlines career opportunities, with descriptions of specific jobs and details on education and training. Each chapter concludes with a selected bibliography of suggested reading and references, and names and addresses of organizations offering additional information or literature. The 10 careers profiled are the following: biotechnology careers; laser careers; robotic careers; information technology careers; telecommunications careers; information management careers; computer careers; aerospace careers; medical technology careers; and superconductivity technology careers. The final chapter addresses career decision making through self-knowledge, research and planning, and professional guidance. Seven appendixes provide information on work and careers in the future, emerging career fields, futuristic exercises, a high technology futuristic quiz, and an index of emerging career fields cited in the book. (KC)

Why the United States lags behind other industrialized countries in sharing the benefits of innovation with workers and how we can remedy the problem. The United States has too many low-quality, low-wage jobs. Every country has its share, but those in the United States are especially poorly paid and often without benefits. Meanwhile, overall productivity increases steadily and new technology has transformed large parts of the economy, enhancing the skills and paychecks of higher paid knowledge workers. What’s wrong with this picture? Why have so many workers benefited so little from decades of growth? The Work of the Future shows that technology is neither the problem nor the solution. We can build better jobs if we create institutions that leverage technological innovation and also support workers though long cycles of technological transformation. Building on findings from the multiyear MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, the book argues that we must foster institutional innovations that complement technological change. Skills programs that emphasize work-based and hybrid learning (in person and online), for example, empower workers to become and remain productive in a continuously evolving workplace. Industries fueled by new technology that augments workers can supply good jobs, and federal investment in R&D can help make these industries worker-friendly. We must act to ensure that the labor market of the future offers benefits, opportunity, and a measure of economic security to all.

Illustrates the process, theories, and application of career development counseling through a series of rich case studies integrated throughout the text.