Article: Hyperjobs: the new higher-level work and how to grow into it; As traditional jobs disappear, people will need to develop their nonautomatable skills to remain marketable and productive in the "Hyper-Human Economy." In many cases, workers won't go after Existing jobs, but rather create them by identifying problems to be solved with their hyper-human skills, such as discovery, creativity, and influence.(job market)

The future does not look good for traditional jobs--or "regular activities performed in exchange for payment," as dictionaries and public perception define them. Their days are numbered. But wonderfully new and better kinds of work lie on the near horizon: hyperjobs.

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Hyperjobs are a whole new kind of work. They leverage people's unique, noncomputerizable skills and abilities, and power the emerging global society.

Technology is, by its very nature, a job killer. The whole idea of tools, machines, and systems is to do things more easily, faster, or better than barehanded humans can. White-collar workers may currently feel ...

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