6. Hospitality 

We continue to outsource our mealtimes. We eat out more regularly and consume an increasing amount of takeaway. 

7. IT and Telecommunications (IT&T)

In the new age, IT&T is considered a modern day utility, used to make our home life more comfortable.

8. Personal and Household 

We are increasingly outsourcing domestic tasks such as lawn mowing, cleaning, car washing, even hairdressing. 

9. Recreation 

Because of the increased availability of time and money, recreation in this country is expanding. We are, says Ruthvin, attending cultural events, sports, concerts, theatre, theme parks and the like more and more. 

10. Information Industry 

Information is becoming easier to access and more sought after. "The more information you have, through the Internet especially, the more informed your decisions will be," says Ruthvin.

Advice to Parents

There are big changes occurring within job areas that parents need to be aware of. These include changes in the occupational skills required in the future. "Look at the skill base they have," says Ruthvin. 

Commerce skills, accounting skills, hospitality and tourism skills and communications skills and software skills will be increasingly necessary. There are many more professional jobs than there were years ago. 

Jobs that won't be as common when our kids complete school are trades including the motor car industry, factory and farming occupations and mining - all because of modern equipment . 

We need to give way to new skills. A university course in the future will be considered more like the higher school certificate is today. Life-long learning is a key of the future. "Don't ever treat new jobs as demeaning." 

This can be a big mistake by parents guiding their children into the future, says Ruthvin. "All jobs are demeaning when they start off, and they become high status professions in the future. 

Working in a hotel was once considered low status. A child once told by his or her parents not to work in a hotel could now be managing a five star establishment and earning a fortune. "Don't say, 'be careful or you'll end up mowing lawns for a living' - your child may do just that and earn $60,000 in his first year in a franchise business." 

You need to be open minded when considering future job prospects. "Never apply yesterday's status to today's jobs."

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