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With the global workforce facing an AI-caused overhaul, a significant percentage of professionals find themselves in a rough spot. Entry level jobs as we know them are beginning to disappear, and many skills, once essential, are slowly proving themselves redundant, according to LinkedIn’s 2025 Work Change Report (pdf). As major companies conduct considerable layoffs in favor of AI agents, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to future-proof one’s career — yet, according to Forbes, AI can help with that.
If AI costs you your job, it can get you another. Global consulting firm McKinsey estimates that between 400-800 mn individuals face job displacement by 2030. Yet as many jobs begin to disappear, others are starting to emerge. You can blame (and thank) AI for both. According to Forbes, the right thing for professionals to do right now is not to focus on what AI is replacing, but rather what it is creating. The business publication notes several “weird” careers that will be in-demand over the next decade.
AI will likely create more jobs than it wipes out, according to McKinsey’s report. So, what do these jobs look like? “The future workforce will be more hybrid, combining machine intelligence with human judgment,” Gavin Yi, CEO of Yijin, a Chinese CNC machined parts manufacturer, tells Forbes. According to Yi, prompt engineering is the new coding. The job essentially entails creating highly specific prompts to train AI models, such as ChatGPT, and — according to the CEO — is already in demand.
With AI comes ethical challenges, and with ethical challenges come ethics officers. Careers in AI ethics are also expected to take off by 2030, and it’s clear why. AI has already posed lots of ethical challenges, particularly pertaining to copyright laws, discrimination, and manipulation. AI’s adoption across myriad medical fields also calls for healthcare technicians. Manufacturing hubs are choosing to go with “ robots ” in lieu of human workers, leaving room for AI maintenance specialists to keep an eye on the process.
Transferable skills come into play. From sustainability officers tracking energy consumption to AI literacy educators and “AI-enhanced” creators, it appears that certain careers aren’t necessarily going extinct, they’re just getting a face-lift. In this day and age, it becomes pivotal to keep track of industry changes, and follow suit. Seventy percent of the skills used today are set to change by 2030, and now is the time to get back in the classroom.
