Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Which jobs could a
100-year-old do?
Things will change by the
time today’s kids turn 70. Hard to imagine what the job market will be like
then? Think about that of 70 years ago when the last world war ended. There weren’t
so many 60s or 70s, men or women, on the payroll. Today, in rapidly aging
societies like Japan, it’s not so unusual to find your dad or even granddad age
person delivering packages or driving a cab. So it may not be surprising to see
a woman whose age is well over 80 taking your sandwich order in a fast food restaurant
when life expectancy comes near 90.
There will be more
high-tech robots, machines or devices to substitute the jobs that are currently
done by human labor. But there will also be more jobs that could be handled by
skilled and aged workers. People in developed countries are longer educated,
more frequently trained to adapt to new practices and environment. Therefore,
it won’t be the age but the adaptability of the person that makes difference.
Enjoy reading and
thinking what you may be doing a couple of decades from now.
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