Earlier this year, MIT Technology Review predicted five jobs that are likely to grow in 2018. We’re now well into the year; how prescient were its predictions? Let’s take a look at the five jobs predicted to grow in 2018:
Renewable-Energy Technician
As the energy industry moves away from coal to focus more on natural gas and renewables to provide power to meet rising demands, new professions are emerging. Two of them—solar photovoltaic installers and wind turbine technicians—have been identified as “the fastest-growing professionals by percentage over the next 10 years,” according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).