Sunday, November 2, 2014

Where the Jobs Are: Could a Robot Do Your Job?

Where the Jobs Are: Workers Vs. Automation
As a personal care aide, Marcia Olson spends 35 hours a week cooking, cleaning, giving insulin shots or just spending time with her elderly client.
"Anybody can do this job, but it isn't for everybody," says the 61-year-old Olson, who has been a care aide for 23 years. It's a hard job, but rewarding, she says.
By 2017, about 225,000 more aides like Olson are likely to be needed, making it one of the fastest-growing jobs. But with wages around $10 per hour, it's hard to find good candidates.

It may get even harder. Home health care workers, food service workers, retail salespeople and custodians will account for nearly 1 million of the 2.4 million new, low-skill jobs expected to be added in the U.S. by 2017, according to a USA TODAY analysis of jobs data from Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. and CareerBuilder.
'HERB' wants to help
But advances in technology mean such workers may be replaced by robots like HERB, the "Home-Exploring Robot Butler" under development at Carnegie-Mellon. HERB is learning to retrieve and deliver objects, prepare simple meals and empty a grocery bag.
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