Careers for some of today’s students ‘haven’t even been invented’

Students of today have to be prepared for jobs that have not yet been conceived, an awards ceremony was told.

Colm McEvoy, chief executive, Kerry Education and Training Board (formerly VEC), said young people entering first year in secondary school this year will, most likely, retire from work in 2065, but nobody knew from what jobs they may be retiring.

“One thing that we are sure of is that most of these job titles don’t currently exist,” he said. “In some cases, the careers they’ll take on haven’t even been invented.”