© 2024 | Jefferson Public Radio
Southern Oregon University
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6301 | 800.782.6191
Listen | Discover | Engage a service of Southern Oregon University
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Preparing For VERY Different Jobs In The Future

Lance Cpl. Julien Rodarte, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52238924

Anybody in your family work as a steam locomotive engineer or maker of buggy whips?  There's not much call for those jobs anymore. 

And there's no guarantee that the jobs we do today will be needed in a few years. 

One study suggests that close to HALF the jobs in the workplace now will be eliminated by technology in the next 20 years. 

The non-profit WorkingNation works to prepare people for this future.  Joan Lynch, Chief Content and Programming Officer, visits with details. 

And the Oregon Employment Department tracks the trends as well.

Economist Guy Tauer from the Medford office joins us, too.
 

Stay Connected
Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich reports on lands and environmental policy for Oregon Public Broadcasting, a JPR news partner. Her reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.