Looking to thrive in our new, post-recession economy? Then
it’s essential to focus on doing work that it would be near-impossible to
program a computer or robot to do. A fascinating study, published in the Cambridge Journal of
Economics in 2012, found that Americans in the creative class — those in jobs
such as engineers, artists, scientists and educators — had a lower chance of being unemployed from
2006 to 2011 than those employed in the service sector or working class jobs,
such as construction or manufacturing.
Other research has already showed that those with college
degrees fared better than those who lack them in the last recession. This study
looked beyond education levels alone and drilled down into how the jobs people
do and the skills required to do them affected their employment rates.
Having a college degree alone isn’t a vaccine against
unemployment, as many recent graduates know all too well. As the study shows,
those who are most valued in today’s economy are applying whatever education they
have–whether it’s a high school diploma or a graduate degree — to fields that
require a high degree of knowledge, creativity and human judgement. The work
they do can’t easily be automated….
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