Midskill jobs are declining in many industrialized countries as firms turn to automation, according to a report released by staffing firm Hays plc and Oxford Economics.
“Rapid technological development has enabled machines and software to complete many routine and increasingly non-routine tasks, according to the report. “As the cost of these machines and programs falls, they become increasingly close — and sometimes superior — substitutes for the humans who previously completed the tasks, leading to employment losses in vulnerable occupations.”
Midskill jobs include bookkeepers, paralegals and IT support among others.Technological advances in communication have also enabled further offshoring by industrialized counties, […]
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