10 endangered professions

For several centuries, the human force has been replaced by the strength of the machine. With the constant advancement of technology, the machines become more and more perfect and able to perform the work formerly performed by the human species.

In this way, the machines are gaining ground in the very near future and may even jeopardize the jobs of many people. According to Mashable, which refers to a study by the University of Oxford, in 2033, the operator shall be responsible for performing 47% of the total existing professions. If you are planning a career that expands beyond the next decade learn professions that may be facing extinction.



When was the last time you went to a Bank and trade counters needed help from employees of the box? Unless you need to make complicated transactions or require any other type of financial service, an ATM is enough to respond to their needs. According to Mark Gilder, director of distribution strategy of Citibank, "at least 85% of the operations that can be, in person, in commercial counters are also possible to be carried out in the ATMs."

2. box Empregado

The profession is box employee of the lighter examples that can be replaced by a machine. In fact, the vending machines are already present in supermarkets and the number has been increasing. It is estimated that there are about 430 thousand automatic payment boxes worldwide, more than quadruple than in 2008.

3.Recepcionista

Currently, it is possible for companies and law firms avoid hiring someone to answer the phones and receive customers, thanks to software that play virtually the role of receptionist. In Japan there are already even robots to play the profession.

Phone 4.Operador

Telephone operators â€" by definition people who answer phones in large companies and forward calls or provide customer support through cal centers â€" might be out of a job, as the outsourcing and automation become ubiquitous.

5.Correio

Within a few years, the person who leaves the mail in the mailbox may no longer do so. Email and electronic invoices allow reduction of correspondence in movement and, with the increased use of this means of correspondence over the next few years, the profession of mail may come to an end.

6. travel agent

A few years ago, to book a plane trip was necessary to resort to a travel agency, which would indicate the dates and prices and all the possible options. Currently, it is possible to see all this information online, in the pages of airlines, and there are sites that allow you to compare the prices of all the options available and make your reservations online.

7.Dactilógrafo

Can you imagine the director of a company to dictate a letter to your desk today? Maybe. However, the profession of typist is in disuse, since most of the professionals you know to use computers and there are voice recognition software that allow professionals with little time to write dictate what need to be written.

8.Jornalista

With the advent of technology and the increased use of online media, such as blogs and aggregators, fewer and fewer people buy newspapers. As a consequence, the role of newspapers in circulation has been declining and the advertising investment, responsible in large part by profits from the newspaper, also is less. At the same time, there are already software that create news and replace almost flawlessly a human journalist. For example, the New York Times uses this semantic technology to write the wedding announcements. But are the journalists in danger of extinction? Here the Mashable have exaggerated.

9. database Operator

Also there is already software that draws up the databases and with the amount of information that circulates on the internet, gathering information has become a lot simpler.

10.Telemarketing

Will be few who will miss these professionals who call constantly advertise and trying to sell products. However, there is reason for joy since the telemarketers are being replaced by intelligent robots that will keep calling and trying to sell products.

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