10 Professionals That Are In Low Demand Or Endangered Today, there is no field of expertise that has not been greatly demystified and sometimes threatened by the momentous advancement in science and technology. A simple search on google or bing or yahoo search, will connect you to the intricacy of intricacies. From law to finance, medicine to engineering, optometry to dentistry, government to religion, pharmaceuticals to production in general, technology; especially the web, has threatened them all. What is more? It has really crippled a number of them and exterminated some in toto. This article is an attempt at exposing some jobs that are receiving the biggest blows today by market demand and technological advancements. This article will help professionals gain financial insurance by either evolving with time or swapping careers. Without bothering you with words, let us get on with things. In no particular order, the list is as follows. ENDANGERED PROFESSIONS 1. POSTAL WORKERS. If not for a parcel I received sometime last year from China, I would not have known that the NiPost is still functional. However, the insalubrious condition of post offices in this country may not be too distant from the cause of the average postal workers penury. Ever since emails came online and courier services proliferated, the postal worker has almost gone into extinction. You need to experience the ghostly serenity of an average post office. Some even resemble catacombs. 2. PROFESSIONAL TYPISTS Typists were in vogue in the pre-computer era and well into the late twentieth century. But, the twenty-first century did not smile on typists. Come to think of it; why punch hard keys when screen touch technology can save you the stress? When last did you even see a typewriting machine? 3. NEWSPAPER DELIVERERS AND VENDORS Gone are the days many people spend up to #200 to read newspapers daily. It is a matter of just a few clicks and you are reading them online no matter the company in question. What then happens to the vendor and deliverer? The vendor is simply struggling to get by and the deliverer is all but eliminated. 4. LIBRARIANS Technology has just murdered this job. Since books are taking soft copy forms now, the hard copies are getting anachronistic. People would rather download books online or read from online libraries - especially if they can reach a PC than trek to libraries. And how many youths want to read? 5. TRAVEL AGENTS People now use their credit cards to do their travel bookings online without passing through the hurdles of contacting agents. Some of these top guys have their private jets. You know who I mean right? 6. SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS They work in companies and their job is to receive incoming calls from customers or clients and offer necessary assistance as well as connect calls. This used to be good work. But today, these services are now automated. Just call any of these major companies and it is almost certain that a robot will attend to you. Have you tried calling MTN customer care hotline lately? Permit me to LOL! 7. SUPERMARKET CASHIER In a world where your credit card or normal ATM card is an invaluable weapon, you can sit in your room and buy from any online store like jumia or konga or any international store. The beautiful thing about this is that you get your stuff delivered to you at home. If you decide to try a supermarket, you will most likely see a checkout machine that will do the necessary calculation of the transaction. All you need is a credit card. 8. STENOGRAPHER This professional is an expert in short hand. Yes! Short hand; what scribble can be more complex than it. There was a time that knowledge of Pitmans shorthand was a sure route to a decent income. This was the delight of secretaries. That was years ago; today, there is a plethora of gadgets that can record and even video conversations or proceedings. The truth is that I have never seen a stenographer before. Perhaps that perhaps may be a proof of its ostensible professional oblivion. 9. REAL ESTATE AGENTS This job still spills forth serious cash today and even till tomorrow. The thing about it is that anyone can do it. It is not exclusive. So, the agents should integrate other options to it. 10. CYBER CAFE OPERATORS Their accounts swell during exam applications, result checking and printing of documents. Browsing, which (I think) is the major reason for running a cybercafe, can now be done with ones mobile gadgets. Some people even own complete systems at home while the others use the mobile browsers. Consider the fact that 755 million of Facebooks 1 billion users connect via mobile. In general, all professionals should flow with time to avoid elimination or obscurity. N/B: There are always exceptions!
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:50:19 +0000
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