Time broker
The profession appears before 2020
Specialist “trading” in the working hours of freelancer specialists, i.e.managing people’s employment in the open market.The job will disappear in a longer-term perspective, due to the emergence of automated solutions.Technological advance is eliminating the need for permanent presence in an office.Moreover, a specialist with linguistic skills can even serve clients in foreign countries.At the same time, both freelancers and employers are lacking intermediaries, as recruiting agencies are still focused on full-time vacancies, while contractor search websites (such as Freelancer.ru) are not very convenient.Therefore, demand for time brokers will grow in the near future.
Trends
Professional skills and abilities
Systems thinking (ability to define and work with complex systems, including system engineering).
Cross-industry communication skills (understanding of technologies, processes, and market conditions in different related and unrelated sectors).
Multilingual and multicultural abilities (fluent English and knowledge of a second foreign language, understanding of the national and cultural context of partner countries, and understanding of job specifics in foreign industries).
Programming IT solutions / Managing complex automated systems / Dealing with artificial intelligence.