Is your profession headed for the scrap-heap? Rangsit College’s Financial and Enterprise Analysis Centre for Reform has been finding out the careers and companies which can be at excessive threat of disruption, layoffs or downright extinction.
They’ve additionally recognized 10 different careers which have a promising future. In discussing the detailed survey, the centre’s director, Anusorn Tamajai, mentioned 12 careers confronted excessive threat of layoffs or stagnant revenue.
The primary group contains companies or professionals associated to offering providers for infants as much as 15 12 months olds – in healthcare and training. The danger stems from the truth that the numbers on this group have been reducing. Their numbers are estimated to be 12.7 million to 12.eight million subsequent 12 months on condition that the Thai inhabitants progress charge this 12 months is just zero.18%, the slowest of the ASEAN nations. The full Thai inhabitants now could be 69.three million, or zero.9% of world inhabitants. Thailand’s inhabitants is forecast to peak at 70 million (69.7 million) in 2025 earlier than dropping to 65.four million in 2050.
The inhabitants of the younger age group will lower to 10.four million in 2027. Particularly, a big proportion of youngsters are within the deep South provinces of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and Satun, or about 23-24% of complete inhabitants in every province. However the first three provinces are already dealing with financial hardship as a result of unrest.
Anusorn mentioned that he anticipated extra childcare centres and kindergarten and first colleges to be shut down which can adversely have an effect on employment of lecturers and different educators.
Those that are employed in counter providers can even be hit arduous as former clients will now do extra transactions on-line. Brokers and direct gross sales forces additionally could be adversely affected by on-line enterprise.
Those that are in print media, promoting, cable TV and satellite tv for pc TV face a grim future. The print media is a tailspin of lay-offs, down-sizing or extinction as its financial mannequin turns into not possible to maintain and its earlier viewers evaporates.
Workers or companies in “soiled manufacturing” which contribute to local weather change and air pollution will probably be adversely affected as scientific and finally political stress will drive their closure.
Taxi drivers have already been impacted by the rising ride-hailing providers equivalent to GrabTaxi and GrabCar. In Thailand the legalisation of ride-hailing providers will see the standard taxi operations compelled to evolve or grow to be redundant.
Property leasing won’t escape both. Conventional banks and monetary establishments could be disrupted. Manufacturing of auto components and out of date IT manufacturing will probably be hit arduous as new expertise comes into favour and the previous goes by the wayside.
As a side-effect, folks in high-end and low-end property growth will face a tough time attributable to lack of demand within the high-end property and lack of buying energy on the decrease finish.
However, there may be gentle within the sea of darkish. The research identifies 10 careers which can be anticipated to flourish sooner or later. These embody care of the aged and rehabilitation enterprise. Those that work for digital platforms may have vivid prospects. With rising e-commerce, these within the transportation and logistics companies will profit.
Tourism and associated providers are anticipated to proceed to develop. Medical providers, healthcare and well being meals will see growth. Development, rail system and communication programs will broaden. Those that have data to develop purposes will probably be boosted by the IT revolution.
Advance information analysts, insurance coverage economists, actuaries and funding advisers are additionally anticipated to be thrive. New careers equivalent to user-experience supervisor, content material and social media supervisor and digital actuality guide may have a vivid future. On-line educators and associated providers will discover a promising future, in keeping with the report.
The report forecasts that in 2020, extra folks will probably be laid off therefore the Social Safety Workplace must guarantee that the previous staff are nicely protected. The rising ageing inhabitants will put excessive stress on the social safety fund, which must be reformed attributable to rising compensation for laid-off staff and pension fee for retirees.
SOURCE: The Nation
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