10 jobs that didn’t exist 10 years ago

Jobs are moving away from the conventional day by day

Nowadays, ever so often, you’ll come across someone with a job title that makes you go, “huh?” Understandably if you haven’t heard of it, then welcome to the modern era where professions have simply evolved in the past 10 years.

Emergence of new technologies, downturns and ecological progression has contributed to the creation of careers that never could have existed before. Here is the list of 10 jobs that you wouldn’t have heard of 10 years ago.

1. App Developer

Ever since the introduction of iPhone and Android, the rise of mobile applications (which shrink programs that used to operate only on desktop computers to make them run on mobile gadgets) has created a surge of demand for people who develop them.


App developers may work on solutions ranging from simple games to content delivery to high-level data crunching and business intelligence. Skills to develop app for mobile is highly valued and this provides fresh opportunity for programmers and developers to break into a booming market.

2. Blogger

Bloggers usually research and write blog posts via conversational style to engage readers online. Their major income would be channelled from either advertising or employment.

Popular bloggers with their own websites can make a significant amount of money charging advertising space due to their high online traffic. Bloggers can also choose to work for corporations where money would be in the form of salary payments. Successful bloggers are usually very creative, self-confident, witty and appealing to their readers.

3. Market Research Data Miner

Today, data mining is primarily used by companies to collect customer information (sometimes called knowledge discovery) to analyse data from different perspectives and summarizing it into useful contents that can be used to increase revenue, minimize costs or both.

Compiling the data in droves and to make sense of it requires experts experienced in identifying and finding patterns among dozens of large databases which is crucial for retailers to predict future trends, market segments, behavioural patterns, etc.

4. Social Media Manager

Many businesses have recognised the awesome value and benefit in social media marketing. It helps boost online reputation, garner leads, sales and advertisings for a company. A Social Media Manager is generally responsible for all social media activity implemented by a corporation that includes Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, etc.

This position is crucial to increase and strengthen a firm’s profile, its customer interaction and engagement with the brand. Getting it right in wooing the customers brings huge advantages; therefore this is an important role.

5. User Experience Analyst

User experience is an important business driver in corporations rather than profit margins as organizations only remains successful in the long run if their customers return for repeat purchases and positive spread of recommendations. Consequently, businesses are increasingly realizing the importance of keeping their customers in mind while creating their products.

This job requires an analytic person looking for ways to make using a website more pleasant, more engaging, more ease-of-use for consumers. This bunch will be trying to figure out how to keep you on their site and how to make your visiting experience there memorable and useful.

6. Zumba Instructor

Zumba is a dance fitness program created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto “Beto” Perez in the early 2000’s and quickly gained traction in fitness centres worldwide. You’re likely to find any Zumba class at your nearest gym or dance studio and to teach Zumba, you’ll need to be licensed and trained.

Zumba Instructors help people let loose and achieve their health goals in a fun party-like workout environment incorporated with Latin dance moves like Samba, Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue and Tango. They also move and motivate, energize and inspire their followers with their own individual styles and techniques to make it more fun and many also teach specialized classes such as programs for the elderly and kids.

7. Elder Care Service Coordinator

Elder care service coordinators are increasingly in demand as the population ages and many families need assistance in finding better and more efficient ways of providing care for a loved one, especially with disability or health issues.

These advisors act as a guide through the maze of complex healthcare system in addition to long term care services and providers. They address legal concerns, budgets, residential staffing and amenities, comfort care, end-of-life issues and most of all; relieve the family’s stress in transition to acclimatize to their latest circumstances.

8. SEO Specialist

A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Specialist is invaluable to corporations seeking to divert targeted web traffic to their site and converting them into business. An SEO Specialist tries to get a site ranked as high as possible on targeted search terms. This requires abilities to produce engaging and grammatically correct content alongside with research, analysis, creativity, knowledge and a lot of patience due to grunt work.

Ultimately, SEO Specialists converts the visitors into customers who will pay for a featured product or service. At the very least, hopefully visitors will explore the advertisements featured on a website or a blog since advertisers compensates site owners for directing web traffic to them.

9. Sustainability Expert

At the present, businesses are jumping onto the green bandwagon and the need for Sustainability Experts are called for to ensure that their companies are doing all they can for the environment at minimal expense. Many establishments recognize the value of having someone in the green role implementing cost-saving practices, just to name a few, like lowering electricity bills, reducing consumption of resources such as water and energy and tax rebates for organizations committing to sustainability.

Overall, this role is to develop, plan, coordinate and implement sustainability programs to increase productivity while lowering the carbon footprint of the organization. On top of all this, it requires the person to be ingenious at budgeting, marketing strategies, organize training programs for employees as well as researching for new sustainable practices.

10. Interior Redesigner

Another area where going green is increasingly applied, homeowners are now paying Interior Redesigners to find new ways to decorate with items they already own. In a time of “less is more,” reuse and recycle, these experts work with the pieces already in a home offering their clients a new space and look.

This up-and-coming field of work addresses the needs of today’s lifestyle and economy and requires individuals with knowledge and creativity to stylishly fit things that their clients already own, downsizing, blending style and colour schemes when combining two households and even what to keep or give away. Hiring their services saves cost while gaining a new makeover for your home at the same time.

New Opportunities

Nevertheless, every year, as new graduates leave their education campuses in droves, industries on the rise will offer positions uniquely appealing – providing opportunities to seize brand new positions where competition hasn’t reached critical mass. This may put our parents out of the running but may put our kids back on track!