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Automation and AI: how it will actually affect the workplace

Automation and AI: how it will actually affect the workplace

Unexpected item in bagging area: how is automation affecting the labour market? Image edited from Shutterstock Is there any consensus on the impact of automation and artificial intelligence on our working lives? Will society benefit or suffer? How will HR play its part in reshaping the workforce? Adam McCulloch examines the impact on jobs and people management.

A blasé optimism pervades the burgeoning automation revolution. More jobs, not fewer, will be the result and a happier workforce, freed from drudgery, will be able to pursue more meaningful activities – whatever those may be. But many employees will inevitably be […]

Do we need a robot tax?

Do we need a robot tax?

Industrial revolutions throughout history play out like this: repetitive and mundane jobs are automated by new technology, livelihoods evaporate, skills become obsolete, and in the process humans are compelled to retrain and find new work. Whether it’s textile workers or checkout assistants, lamplighters or petrol-pump attendants, automation shows little mercy.

In the early-19th century, during the first industrial revolution, traditional jobs dried up, the labour share of income fell, while corporate profits surged, and the gap between the wages of the rich and poor skyrocketed. Today, we could be doing the time warp again as the third and fourth industrial […]

The evolution of US manufacturing

The evolution of US manufacturing

Amanda Del Buono is joined by Neil Ridley, Georgetown University , Center on Education and the Workforce, state initiative director, to discuss the center’s recent "The Way We Were" report, which analyzes the industry from the 1940s through today and how the workforce has been impacted.

Read the report here: http://bit.ly/2lYpVNk Transcript

Amanda Del Buono: Hello and welcome back to Manufacturing Tomorrow’s Workforce, I’m Amanda Del Buono. Today, I’m joined by Neil Ridley state initiative director of Georgetown University’s Center on Education and Workforce. In our interview, Neil shares some great insights to expand on a new report the university […]

Tomorrow’s jobs: 7 future roles that will exist in the age of automation

Tomorrow’s jobs: 7 future roles that will exist in the age of automation

Forget Skynet gaining sentience and starting a nuclear apocalypse aimed at humanity. The real fear a lot of folks have about artificial intelligence, robots and other automated processes is what it means for all of our jobs. According to a famous Oxford University study , around 47% of currently existing jobs could potentially be automated away within the next 15 years. Terrifying, right?

But there’s good news as well. While it’s inarguable that a certain number of jobs will vanish in the wake of automation, lots of new jobs are going to be created by technology as well. Jobs like […]

Trump

Trump

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10:28 am September 2, 2019 at 10:28 am Log in to Reply That’s what we get when Trump’s policies creates more jobs than we have workers. See under Obama we had millions of people who couldn’t find a job and some 42 million had to rely on food stamps and other services.The choice is clear if you want to return to massive unemployment then voting Democrat is the way to go. But if you want full employment and good jobs then you vote Republican.One more thing raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour will only increase […]

Celebrating labor

Celebrating labor

Labor Day was established as a national holiday 125 years ago, championed by labor unions. Despite unions’ recent decline, we should still celebrate work. The market for labor is an important element of the liberal society, and peoples’ willingness to work for a living makes our economy function.

The decline of unions in America has been remarkable. Over 30% of workers were unionized in the 1950s, versus 10% in 2018. The private sector unionization rate is only 6.4% – about one out of 16 workers. A number of factors explain this change, like the decline in manufacturing employment; America still […]

I don’t know what to do with my life

I don’t know what to do with my life

Every year, thousands of school leavers (and their families) will make two important decisions that will significantly impact their life and future.

What course should I take after leaving school?

What job should I do upon graduation? It’s ok for people to be clueless about their future. School leavers are asked to select a college or university major or course that could impact their entire life and future at a time when they barely know who they are or where they’re going. Even adults struggle with these issues!In an environment where employers are demanding more flexibility, adaptability, short-term […]

Big Story: In the Quad-Cities, the future of work has arrived. Are you ready?

Big Story: In the Quad-Cities, the future of work has arrived. Are you ready?

Brice Wagner, of Davenport, plays a game wearing a pair of VR goggles during class at the AVR Academy, an augmented and virtual reality lab. (Monday, August 26, 2019, at Scott Community College in Davenport) Stephon Morgan, of Davenport, plays a game wearing a pair of VR goggles during class at the AVR Academy, an augmented and virtual reality lab. (Monday, August 26, 2019, at Scott Community College in Davenport) In a windowless room in the heart of downtown Davenport, Robert Gillespie sees the future.

Strapped around his face is a virtual reality headset, a sort of crystal ball that […]

Vocational jobs could help weather job crunch, say industrialists

Vocational jobs could help weather job crunch, say industrialists

Tech Mahindra Amid reports of job losses in the auto and the FMCG sectors, a boost to vocational training in areas such as healthcare could be exactly what people might need when the country is going through a slowdown, say industrialists.

A senior industry executive pointed out that most of the jobs that were done by B.Sc or B.Com graduates such as invoice processing and payroll processing are now automated. “Everywhere they are cutting jobs because of automation. All the invoice processing, payrolls are done by bots,” the executive said.

L Ravichandran, COO, Tech Mahindra , pointed out that, “More and […]

What is a Freelance Gig? How Does a Freelance Gig Freelance Marketplace Work?

What is a Freelance Gig? How Does a Freelance Gig Freelance Marketplace Work?

A gig is a temporary and flexible job, on location or through the internet, hired as an independent contractor (often known as freelancers) for people or companies looking for specialized services instead of hiring full-time employees. Often one full-time employee can not handle the plethora of different skills needed. So, instead of having a full-time employee, you can (for example) have 4-5 gig contractors splitting the workload, with each specialist solving a specific task. Freelance (sometimes spelled free-lance or free lance), freelancer, and freelance worker, are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and is not necessarily […]