Hired! Ten jobs that didn't exist 10 years ago

We spend a decent amount of time talking about the jobs technology replaces or will replace, like bowling alley pinsetters and filing clerks. But what about the jobs technology will create?

There are jobs that exist today that didn’t 10 years ago. Careers like mobile app developers, social media managers, and YouTube content creators now make people millions of dollars.

Every year, we are one step closer to the creation of jobs like virtual reality develops, pro e-athletes and crypto currency bankers.

With thousands of students graduating from college and university campuses each year, industries on the rise offer something uniquely appealing: the opportunity to seize new positions where competition hasn’t reached saturation.

These are 10 jobs that didn’t exist 10 years ago.

1. Search engine optimization (SEO) specialist – In the information soup that is the Internet, if you want to be seen, you want to know something about SEO. Analyze, review and implement changes to websites so they show up higher in searches. This means maximizing the traffic to a site by improving page rank within search engines. A SEO specialist may also test and implement search engine marketing techniques, web site layouts and advertising for search engine optimization.

2. Online community manager – Making the most of online communities, social networks have become an integral part of business. Whether they represent small-town coffee shops or business behemoths, both employ social media managers in their marketing and advertising departments. Online community managers shift how companies communicate with their customers.

3. App developer – As demand increases for apps to run on iOS, Android, or whatever operating system the future holds, the world is your oyster when it comes to app development. It’s a fresh opportunity for programmers and developers to break into this booming market.

4. Sustainability expert – Helping companies be more green can save businesses big on everything from lowering power bills to taking advantage of increasing tax rebates for sustainable commitments. Yes, there are even Green Funeral Directors.

5. Bloggers - Blogging involves self-expression. Bloggers research and write articles in conversational style, which engages readers and promotes company objectives with each blog article. Example?

6. Chief privacy officer – With an ever-growing concern for shared and protected information, a CP officer is in charge of a company’s privacy program and associated policy. This person ensures that the company and its employees maintain compliance with legal matters relating to privacy, security, confidentiality and protection of information resources.

7. Zumba/Yoga instructor – Zumba teachers are dance-fitness instructors who choreograph workouts to Latin and international music, while Yoga instructors can vary in different practises and disciplines. These holistic forms of fitness have gained such popularity that Workopolis estimates that a yoga instructor earns about $45,000 yearly.

8. Big Data Analyst - Big data analytics is the process of examining large data sets containing a variety of data types to uncover hidden patterns, unknown correlations, market trends, customer preferences and other useful business information. A big data analyst makes sense of personal information such as e-mail, social media and other data on the Internet to get a picture, for example, of a consumer’s buying habits.

9. User Experience - User experience is how a person feels when interfacing with a system. The system could be a website, a web application or desktop software and, in modern contexts, is generally denoted by some form of human-computer interaction. UX designers study and evaluate how users feel about a system, looking at such things as ease of use, perception of the value of the system, utility, efficiency in performing tasks and so forth.

10. Elder-care services co-ordinator – As the population ages and baby boomers become grandparents, there is an increasing amount of attention being turned to the ageing. Legal counselling, staffing at residential facilities, healthcare with an interest in comfort care, as well as many more jobs in this area are expected to increase.

The careers listed show the evolution of technology and how quickly businesses need to adapt. The non-technological jobs show a shift in focus, with larger emphasis on the environment, health and wellness. What this could mean is that new needs have not been created in our day to day, but rather we’ve created new ways and adapted technology to meet them.