NEW CAREERS
New careers for a new generation by Mechail Koker and Nazrana Parker “IS TECHNOLOGY DESTROYING OR EMPLOYING” it is often asked? Career Update explores how technology and innovation can drive new careers. Employment and innovation in sectors such as the environment and sustainability, 3D printing and artificial intelligence, data and social media has increased over the past years. Before 2006, occupations like App developers, Uber drivers, cloud computing specialists and sustainability managers, social media managers did not exist. Today, 30
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our tutors are the new ‘social media influencers’ who use YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok that we go to for answers. Lwando Ndodana, Junior Digital Media Specialist at Sanlam is a good example of a B Admin graduate whose interests evolved to find himself in a new generation career. He was attracted to this role as it allowed him to integrate social media, analytics and marketing. He states that Social Media
