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New Jobs Created with the Rise of the Internet

PSafe Newsroom — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 14:00:17 +0000

Now that tech jobs can earn you a handsome living, it’s hard to remember that some jobs with which we’re familiar didn’t exist even two decades ago. But it’s true. Plenty of common jobs, like blogger and social media maven, haven’t existed for long. Here, we’ll take a walk through an online memory lane to remind you about six jobs that sprang up with the Internet.

Online Community Manager

An important position for every company with a social media presence, an online community manager — otherwise called a social media manager — makes sure that a brand’s online presence is appealing to its followers. The online community manager produces content, likely blog posts and social media updates to engage consumers, watches the company’s social media platform, and engages in conversation with followers.

SEO Specialist

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the most important developments in ensuring that consumers can locate information and resources they’re looking for on search engines. An SEO specialist or even an SEO agency uses strategies like choosing keywords, focusing on certain channels, and including certain phrases in content to make sure a company’s products show up when a user searches for a certain keyword or phrase in Google or other search engines.

App Developer

It seems like nearly every day there is a new must-have app on all your friends’ phones. These apps, of course, are created by developers who pinpoint niches, create ideas to fill these niches, and build functional apps that users can easily operate. While developers are often highly-trained, tech-savvy laypeople have also designed apps that make them millions of dollars. But remember, many “awesome” apps never even see the light of day.

Web Developer

Without web developers, the Internet wouldn’t exist at all. Web developers write the code and understand the computer languages that make the Internet function. Web development programs and skills became valuable with the rise of the Internet, but the need for people skilled in web development has only increased in the subsequent decades.

Blue Collar Jobs That Are Disappearing Because of Tech

PSafe Newsroom — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:00:35 +0000

Technology has already made things that seemed impossible even a decade ago possible in real life. For example, robot-assisted surgeries are happening already, and will continue to develop. Of course, in that case, robots will likely never replace the surgeon. However, in many cases, advanced technology has replaced or will replace blue-collar jobs that used to be commonplace.

While technological advancement helps society overall, every new piece of technology certainly has its drawbacks. In this case, it’s lost jobs. It’s important to find out if your profession is at risk of becoming obsolete because of technology. If so, you may want to start looking into learning some new skills. Here are five examples of jobs that might not survive modern technological advances.

Switchboard Operators

Switchboard operator jobs have obviously declined for decades. But today, they still use business systems to relay calls to their intended users. Jobs in this profession are expected to diminish by over 30% by 2024. Automated communication technology is the biggest reason this profession is becoming obsolete, because users can use this kind of software to keep track of their calls.

Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

These workers operate machines to cast plastic parts or products in factories and manufacturing plants across the country. By 2024, the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests that this profession will decline by 25%. These workers are primarily being replaced by machines, like numerically-controlled machines, tools, and robots that are less expensive than employing people.

Lumberjack

A lumberjack — a person who cuts down trees or directs machines to log forests — will become less common as technology allows users to communicate using digital means instead of paper. While digital technologies are more environmentally-friendly, workers in the lumberjack profession are expected to decline by nine-percent into 2022.

Fast-Food Cook

It might seem surprising that fast food cooks could be replaced with advanced technology. However, low-level fast food cooks — the people who flip hamburgers and deep-fry french fries — could be replaced by advanced machines that can do the same things. According to Forbes, we might see jobs in this field decrease by nearly four percent.

Taxi Dispatcher

Do-It-Yourself driving technologies like Lyft and Uber have hurt the taxi-driving industry significantly already. New technologies like car-sharing services will hurt the industry further, and eventually, dispatchers might be replaced entirely by apps that can dispatch taxis to riders in need, making the profession entirely obsolete.

These Are the Highest Paying Tech Jobs in 2016

PSafe Newsroom — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 13:18:56 +0000

Jobs in technology have changed significantly since the dot com boom, but in many respects the highest paying jobs still have similarities. The skills required to fill the needs of these high paying positions are very specific, and it often takes years of training to perfect them. Most are at the managerial level, and many are dealing with the new issue of sprawling data. Let’s take a look at which jobs in the technology industry are offering the best salaries.

Software Architect and Software Development Manager
Still very much the backbone of the IT industry, Software Architects are the people that build the software (and apps) that we use every day. Often writing in C++, Python, Javascript, or any number of languages, it takes a number of years training, debugging, and even failing before Software Architects master their craft. Software Development managers, on the other hand, are those who are able to oversee an entire project, from the time the software is designed until it is fully tested, completed, and sent off to production.

Data Scientists and Architects
As big data continues to expand and more devices find users, the need for data scientists and architects will only continue to grow. No longer just in the world of Access and SQL, data scientists and architects are looking to make data both easier to use (data scientists) and easier to manage (data architects). As the big data fad turns to normalcy, it will be all about “fast data.” These two professions will lead the way to ensuring it is possible to process big data quickly.

Analytics Managers
One the data is processed, normalized, and put into a digestible format, it can still end up being big. This is where Analytics Managers come in. It is their job to gather relevant data and pass it along to marketing, sales, researchers, and decision makers. A good Analytics Manager can ultimately make the difference between a successful product push and one that falls flat on its face!

Systems Architect
None of the above would be possible without a good Systems Architect. No matter if it’s rolling out sweeping group policy changes or performing maintenance on networks to ensure uptime, these employees are like referees in sports; the less you hear their name, the better job they’re doing. If you don’t know who the system architect is at your job, chances are everything is running smoothly!

The Best Android Apps to Land You That Dream Job

PSafe Newsroom — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 19:40:30 +0000

Job seekers today have a much easier time searching for jobs than they did in previous generations due to the use of apps specifically designed to help them find that job that they have been looking for. There are a variety of job search apps out there, but some are known to be effective for helping users find and secure that perfect position.

Top Apps for Getting You Hired

For the Android device user, Pocket Resume is one of the best apps for helping to land the job that you have always wanted. This app allows you to create and store your resume so that you can send it to potential jobs from your mobile device.

Hidden Jobs is an app that allows users to find out about jobs that are not being advertised in the traditional jobs search outlets. In fact, the app tracks almost 2 million unadvertised jobs that are available from growing businesses. The app gathers its information from company job announcements in magazines, newspapers, company press releases, and online in order to bring the user everything they need to know on the jobs that are available.

JobMo is an app that combines job search engines such as Monster, Indeed, Simply Hired, and The Ladder into one application. There is a significant amount of information available through this app for job seekers, including specific jobs that are available, company information, and information pertaining to the salaries of these jobs.

LinkUp is another great app for those who want to find out about current up opening and apply to them using their mobile device. All of these apps and more can help make the task of finding the right job much easier for the Android user.

PSafe and the Job Search Apps

PSafe can enhance any job seeker’s experience because it offers security and performance solutions to Android users to enhance their user experience while keeping the user’s device safe from malicious threats.

PSafe products can be used in conjunction with job seeker apps in order to speed up internet connections, enhance the memory capability of the device, prevent the device from overheating, and prevent malicious threats.

PSafe Total can enhance a user’s experience while using job seeker apps by: speeding up the internet connection with Internet Booster, optimizing storage space with the Memory Booster, keeping the device from overheating with CPU Cooler, and providing antivirus protection. PSafePRO helps to maximize the battery life of the device by identifying apps that utilize too much of the battery so that they can be removed.