For months, the leadership of Ford CEO Jim Farley To the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell Sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence could wipe out entry-level jobs.
Now, newly released data suggests they might be right: Since ChatGPT’s rise, job postings across the U.S. have dropped by about 32%, according to ChatGPT Data from the Federal ReserveAs employers increasingly turn to AI tools and automation to improve efficiency.
Young workers seem to be bearing the brunt of this. one A recent report from Stanford University Views about the impact of AI on employment echo those of Gen Z, in particular, who have hit a brick wall. While overall employment in the economy continues to grow, the number of job postings for early-career workers aged 22-25 in more artificial intelligence fields has fallen 13% since 2022.
These professions, such as software development The report warns that customer service representatives – once a popular occupation for young workers – are in “significant” decline.
But amid the bleak data, there is one bright spot: health care—especially home health aides.
This position is among the occupations least affected by artificial intelligence and is also experiencing strong growth, with nearly 740,000 new home health aide positions expected to be created over the next decade. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. What’s more, this field is one of the only areas where employment for young workers is actually limited. grow faster than older workers.
Granted, the median annual salary of about $35,000 isn’t the dream salary for most Gen Z workers. Still, barriers to entry are low—requiring only a high school diploma and a short period of on-the-job training—and the industry’s stability offers something rare in an uncertain labor market. While it may not be glamorous, it provides a foothold in one of the few industries largely immune to automation.
Growing demand for healthcare workers: Nearly 2 million jobs up for grabs
COVID-19 pandemic highlights the importance of frontline caregivers and exposes long-standing problems shortage and burnout in hospitals and nursing homes. and as Baby boomers retire Overall, demand for health care workers is only expected to increase. In fact, it is predicted that approximately 1.9 million healthcare job openings are expected to occur annually in the United States over the next decade U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Unlike home health aides, many health care jobs pay well.
Take nurse practitioners, for example. The median annual salary is about $130,000, and the field is expected to grow 40%, with 128,400 new jobs expected over the next 10 years, making it the third fastest growing job market career growth at home. While this path requires higher education, it provides long-term financial stability, which is becoming increasingly rare in today’s rapidly changing job market.
Other positions, including physician assistants, nurse anesthetists and health services managers, offer similar benefits: good pay, job security and upward mobility.
For now, artificial intelligence is not expected to impact healthcare anymore
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the workplace and threaten millions of white-collar jobs, healthcare emerges as one of the safest industries.
Jeffrey HintonThe computer science pioneer, often called the “godfather of artificial intelligence,” predicts that in the near future, only “very skilled” workers will be able to find jobs. But even so, he believes health care workers will remain resilient.
“They’re more resilient,” Hinton explained earlier this year. Diary of a CEO.
“If you can make doctors five times more efficient, then we can get five times the care at the same price,” he added. “There are almost no limits on how much health care people can absorb — (patients) always want more health care, if it doesn’t cost money.”
Similarly, Google deep thinking CEO Demis HassabisHe envisions AI curing disease and even helping colonize the galaxy in the near future, saying the human element of care is irreplaceable.
“There are a lot of things we don’t want machines to do,” he said. “You wouldn’t want a robot nurse — the human empathy in this type of care is particularly human.”
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