Millennials aren’t robot-proof

Millennials aren’t robot-proof

(Washington Post illustration; iStock) About half of millennials looking for work are interested in jobs that carry a risk of automation,a new study suggests. The findings indicate the youngest and most educated generation in the American work force isn’t necessarily more robot-proof than older workers, who tend to be portrayed as the primary victims of automation.

“Millennials show a considerable amount of interest in occupations that face a threat of automation,” said Daniel Culbertson, an economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab , the research institute attached to the international job site, and the author of the report.

“That gets lost when […]

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