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WHAT'S NEXT?: AI will replace 16% of jobs over the next decade. A billion people will enter the job market over the next ten years.

[New] Drones and related technologies are projected to actually create 100,000 new jobs in the United States alone by 2025.
[New] Jobs such as certified nursing assistants are projected to grow 41% by 2026, and the supply of overall health care workers is expected to fall short of projected global hiring demand by more than 15 million workers.
[New] There is £1.3 mn of additional potential spend in the UK to bring customers higher speed internet and remote working will only increase the need for consumers to have fast internet connections.
[New] Ford is developing an all-electric cargo van at a Kansas City plant that will create 150 jobs in 2021.
[New] The number of tech jobs will probably grow 11% from 2019 to 2029, much faster than the average growth rate for all occupations.
[New] President-elect Joe Biden has pledged that the U.S. will rejoin the Paris agreement and proposed a $2 trillion climate plan to phase down fossil fuels by expanding renewable energy capacity while creating jobs, reducing pollution and investing in historically disadvantaged communities.
[New] Since 2020 sparked the biggest change to the world of work following the global pandemic, and now that a third lockdown is underway in England, it's likely that many new trends and changes will emerge once again in 2021.
[New] Apple is working on an iPhone with both Face ID and an on-display fingerprint sensor for launch in 2021, which suggests that one of the 2021 iPhones could perhaps have both Face ID and Touch ID.
[New] Digital transformation - Shaping the future of European healthcare, Europe is expected to be short of 4.1 million healthcare workers by 2030.
[New] A share of £8 million in Government funding will be invested in developing a comprehensive Cluster Plan to prepare the North West and North East Wales for a net zero future, removing over 40 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere every year and creating thousands of new jobs.
[New] Supporting passenger EVs will require more than 50 million AC level 2 charge points in homes, workplaces, and other temporary destinations by 2030 across China, the EU-27 plus the United Kingdom, and the United States.
[New] One scheme alone (North West England and North East Wales) will aim to generate more than £4bn of investment and over 33,000 new jobs in an ambitious bid to become the world's first net-zero industrial zone by 2040.
[New] Hundreds of millions of people will continue to work, shop, receive an education, and socialize from home in 2021 as the world waits on vaccines to change the public health outlook.
[New] China's skillful management of Covid-19 would boost its relative growth compared to the US and Europe in coming years, and China will overtake the US to become the world's largest economy by 2028, five years earlier than previously forecast.
[New] There have been a couple rumors indicating Apple is working on iPhones with both Face ID and under-display Touch ID and it's possible 2021 is the year we will see that dual-biometric technology, but it is early in the rumor cycle so plans could change.
[New] CTIA last week applauded the work on mid-band in 2020 but stressed that the U.S. needs to effectively double the amount of licensed mid-band spectrum - pointing to other leading nations that are expected to have more than 600 megahertz licensed in the next two years.
[New] The $5.3 billion Big Housing Build will see more than 12,000 new homes constructed throughout metro and regional Victoria, supporting around 10,000 jobs per year over the next four years.
Moody's predicts a bright economic outlook under Biden, with 18.6 million new jobs and an unemployment rate of just over 4% by the second half of 2022, while the U.S. is likely to be more collaborative and open to trade with other nations post-Trump.
The remanufacturing sector is likely to create more labour-intensive employment and high-skilled job opportunities; it is estimated that the circular economy has the potential to create about 14 million jobs in India over the next decade.
Global spending on AI will double in the next four years, reaching $110 billion in 2024, as companies see an opportunity to boost innovation, improve customer service and automate routine tasks so their employees can focus on more strategic work.

Last updated: 10 January 2021

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