New Occupation

I read a reporting with great interest last Sunday. The report listed 10 types of new occupations in China. Similar jobs should have a market in Malaysia. As society is getting more complicated and urban people are burdened with tremendous life pressure, the new occupations are emerging and some are getting popular. Why not have a try during the economic downturn time?

1. Runner Company with services on purchasing, queueing, accompanying, reminding, making payment, gift sending, driving and receiving. Tariff is charged according to distance and complexity of jobs. In fact, this company is commonly visible at the offices of public service providers and public agencies. However, extending this service to other fields might create a market there.


2. Temporary Driver especially for the drunk drinkers. It is a life saving job and also to ensure that the drinkers can do so without hesitation. Its' charges is based on distance and type of vehicle.


3. Navigator is killer to the charitable spirit of public. The days of getting people to show you direction is gone. The so call "navigator" might ask you for some flavour in return of road directing.


4. Puzzle Maker is born due to the demand on making difficult puzzle for special occasions. For example, presenting the puzzle which normally take 1 month as a gift for his/her special one is a desire but the most difficult task for everybody. Thereby, completing a puzzle on behalf of someone is a job by itself. People do not mind to pay someone for completing the job.


5. Price Negotiator is commonly found in anyone. However, becoming a good negotiator for good bargain requires skill and knowledge. Price negotiator can help you to get a good bargain


6. Professional Scolder will fxxk others on your behalf. If someone experienced unpleasant encountering and need to take revenge politely, then you might hire someone to counter scolding on your behalf. However, please be careful of not getting yourself in trouble, be sued for defamation.


7. Cyber Agent to help businesses to promote their products by doing review at their website or blog. Businesses can place advertisement in the website or blog in which the cyber agent will be paid once the advertisement was clicked. Any blogger or even the regular for social networking site can be cyber agent.
   
8. Procurement Agent is providing purchasing service for the office people and also senior citizen. Senior citizen due to immobility might need someone to buy something or to pay them the utility bills. The procurement agent will help to buy you the stuffs you want


9. Secretary for the Bride is a professional manager to handle A-Z of a wedding. They will design, plan and execute a wedding ceremony. These include designing of the invitation card, queueing for registration of marriage and even ushering the guests. This applies to parties and event organisers as well.


10. Meeting Attendee is a temporary worker to attend meeting only and if warrant, to ask "friendly" questions as required by the host. Most of the time, meetings especially media conference or ceremonies cannot proceed due to shortage of attendees and this occasion might have embarrass the organiser.

Do you come across any new occupation? While new occupations are emerging over time due to changing circumstances, some occupations are disappearing and forgotten. For example, on street candy makers, petition writers, typists, telephonists and etc. No jobs is indispensable and an occupation might diminish one day, it is only a matter of time. Perhaps everyone of us should alert at all time and improve our skills for not being irrelevant the soonest.