What will jobs be like in 2030?

Putting the final nail in the coffin for the idea of a traditional career for life is a new report that makes bold predictions about the complexion of the future jobs market. The government-commissioned Shape of Jobs to Come , from research company Fast Future, predicts that students coming out of university now could have eight to 10 jobs in their lifetime, across five different careers. These "future thinkers" say those careers may include being a body-part maker, a space pilot or an insect-based food developer, thanks to advances in science and technology, the growth in space tourism and the challenge of feeding the population. Rohit Talwar, chief executive of Fast Future, suggests that body-part makers may be in demand by football clubs. "If you're spending £80m on a footballer and for £2m you can have a couple of spare legs, then you're going to do it," he says. Other sci-fi sounding vocations, highlighted by the government's Science: So What? campaign , include personal brander, old-age wellness manager, memory augmentation surgeon, weather modification police officer, vertical farmer and ... virtual clutter organiser. Is futurology just a mug's game? Or are you happy to put your future thinking cap on and make a prediction about how the jobs on offer will differ in 20 years time?