Choosing your direction in a world undergoing rapid technological change is becoming a real challenge. Deborah Hadjouti deciphers for us the sectors of the future that combine innovation and human skills.
Choosing your direction today means anticipating the professional world of tomorrow. In a context where artificial intelligence is already disrupting many sectors, young people and even adults are legitimately wondering about the sectors that will offer real opportunities in the years to come. This question becomes all the more crucial as certain traditional professions disappear while new ones emerge at high speed. Faced with these transformations, it becomes essential to understand which skills and training will allow one to flourish professionally in tomorrow’s society.
Deborah Hadjouti, school guidance counselor, observes major transformations in the global professional landscape. “AI is becoming a transversal tool: it is integrated into all sectors (health, finance, law, commerce, art, etc.)”, she told us. This technological revolution is completely redrawing the contours of the labor market. “The jobs of the future combine technology and human skills (creativity, relationships, ethics, critical thinking)”specifies the specialist. At the same time, “data is the new oil: everything that revolves around the collection, securing and exploitation of data is strategic.” These developments in the professional environment are already being observed in many countries: “The pioneering countries (UAE, China, Korea, Estonia, India) are already banking on AI as a basic skill in the same way as maths or languages, while France is still in the experimental phase.”
Concretely, several sectors stand out as particularly promising. In the technological field, “AI science and technology: data, AI engineering, cybersecurity, data protection, Cloud” offer excellent perspectives, accessible via “the BUT IT sectors, engineering schools (AI, computer science, applied maths) masters specialized in data/AI.” The “health and biotechnology” sector is also transforming with “personalized medicine, medical imaging, bioinformatics, medical robotics.” The climate emergency opens up opportunities in “energy, climate and sustainable development: energy optimization through AI, intelligent agriculture”, explains Déborah Hadjouti. Paradoxically, the “human and social sciences” find a central place with “AI law & ethics: lawyers specializing in AI, intellectual property – psychology, training, coaching orientation.” Finally, the “digital creation with marketing, digital arts design, video games, and virtual reality” is also a promising sector, underlines the guidance counselor.
The professional future will therefore be built on a balance between technological mastery and irreplaceable human skills. As Deborah Hadjouti points out, “what will gain value: creativity, critical thinking, human relationships, ethics, management of complexity.” For parents, the challenge is to encourage their children to develop these soft skills while acquiring a solid technological culture, whatever their final orientation. As for people already on the job market, why not take the opportunity to train in new fields?
