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The jobs of .the future are being spawned now from changes in the population, labor force, and the demand for goods and services, according to the U.S. Labor Department.
Population ultimately limits the size of the labor force — individuals working or looking for work — which constrains how much can be produced. Demand for various goods and services determines employment in the industries providing them.
Occupational employment opportunities, in turn, result from demand for skills needed within specific industries. Demand for medical assistants and other health-care occupations, for example, have surged in response to rapid growth in demand for health services.
Population trends affect employment opportunities in a number of ways. Changes in population influence the demand for goods and services. For example, a growing and aging population has increased the demand for health services.
Equally important, population changes produce corresponding changes in the size and demographic composition of the labor force.
The U.S. population is expected to increase by 24 million by 2012. The effects of population growth on various occupations will differ.
The youth population, ages 16 to 24, will grow 7 percent. As the baby boomers continue to age, the group ages 55 to 64 will increase by 43.6 percent, more than any other group. The 35- to 44-year-old group will decrease.
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