But in between those two long tech booms, we saw the rise of customer service representatives - the fastest-growing job of many boomers’ careers. And for boomer women, the fastest-growing jobs look similar, dominated by customer service. But for many Gen-X and millennial women, the fastest-growing jobs was personal care aides. We see the same for construction and production careers - despite some recent shifts, 96 percent of construction workers are still male. That should give us something approaching a definitive picture of the fastest-growing and fastest-evaporating jobs of your working life.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2026 19:33 UTC