Hope in hot jobs

You nurture hope for a better tomorrow and you work in hot jobs. Hot in metaphorical and figurative terms.

One of these jobs for people hoping to survive and move along climbing up the ladder to a better rung is … drum roll please …

The food delivery job.

If you have a mode of transport, you can apply to be a food delivery worker. Your first and foremost mode of transport is this:

(1)

To reduce friction, save some energy and time, use this:

(2)

The electric scooter is motor powered but its rider stands on his feet for long hours.

(3) Use the good old pedal power bicycle (and lose weight).

For you see, as long as there is hope in earning some money to tide over, people will take to the streets working in food delivery.

General guides before applying with hope for hot jobs:

1. Don’t applying for a new job because you think it is hot (better) if this new work requires different skills. You can’t run if you haven’t walked in those shoes. You may not like it, nor get the hang of it. Then you’ll regret changing to a “hot” job.
2. While climbing up the ladder is good, it is better to climb up the same ladder which you were already standing on.
3. Sometimes, a senior person like a  supervisor or manager retains/ detains good workers to hoard them for themselves. If you suspect this, you should stay in the same job, until the senior person leaves, then you can apply for THEIR job.
4. Avoid using AI to apply for jobs, as your application will look the same as those who have also used AI in their resume and cover letter.
5. How to look better qualified to apply for a “hot” job? Take self-improvement courses and other courses to bridge your skill gap. Take on practical projects or small internships to showcase your skills. Where people are reluctant to hire, volunteer your time for a limited period. 

Hot jobs are not the jobs that compete with AI. They are the human skills which AI can not replace. Human skills like communication, empathy, compassion, thinking, and decision making. AI is usually trained using Large Language Models (LLM), which means they are only as good as their materials which feed them input.

These are the hot industries and jobs in 2026

1. Jobs that deal with humans like being a counselor, psychologist, medic, medical doctor, medical officer, data researcher and teacher.
2. Work that handle AI. Examples are AI researcher, and AI engineer.
3. Jobs that manage international payment systems, and fund raising that use persuasion.
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