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What Work Leicestershire
The changing world of work
What is
changing? How can it affect
jobs? Think
about it! Which job areas
will be important?
New technology is
being developed all
the time. New technology is the
main reason for old jobs
disappearing. Self-service machines. Robots
on production lines. Greater
demand for people with IT,
electrical and engineering skills
to fix them and develop new
ones. Electronics
Robotics design/engineering
Creative and media
ICT and big data
Aerospace
Cyber security
People are living
longer. People will need more
health care and social
care. More care, health and social
workers needed to look after
them. Demand for more drugs
research. Health care
Social care
Bioscience
Pharmacology
Leisure
The skills of people
around the world
are improving. There is more
competition from the
rest of the world. China and Japan both have
more than twice as many
graduates as the UK 1 .
Germany has some really
competitive apprenticeship
programmes. Education
Science
Engineering
Creati