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Job disruption in AI era likely to catch Asian governments by surprise, says MIT report

Job disruption in AI era likely to catch Asian governments by surprise, says MIT report

Job disruption in AI era likely to catch Asian governments by surprise, says MIT report More The speed and scale of the transition to artificial intelligence is likely to take Asian governments by surprise, potentially causing economic and social shocks, according to MIT Technology Review.

In a report released Wednesday, the technology media outlet warns of the risk of Asia’s employment landscape becoming “increasingly polarised” with a growing number of workers excluded from the value creation side of AI.

“Decision-makers in Asia must assume that technology will continually evolve, making the need for continuous reskilling and training critical,” said the report, […]

Most of America’s rural areas are doomed to decline

Most of America’s rural areas are doomed to decline

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID highsm.13159. Since the Great Recession, most of the nation’s rural counties have struggled to recover lost jobs and retain their people. The story is markedly different in the nation’s largest urban communities.

I’m writing from Iowa, where every four years presidential hopefuls swoop in to test how voters might respond to their various ideas for fixing the country’s problems.

But what to do about rural economic and persistent population decline is the one area that has always confounded them all.The facts are […]

Is Emotional Labour Next To Be Outsourced And Professionalised?

Is Emotional Labour Next To Be Outsourced And Professionalised?

This is not the first time mental labour has gained new recognition in a changing employment landscape.

Work is hard. But we don’t always realise how hard it is or, indeed, that some forms of labour are work at all. If you stand on your feet or stare at a screen all day, you can point to bodily strain. But if a task is something more mental, the difficulty is often invisible – which can make it hard to evaluate or celebrate those who perform such tasks.

Jobs defined by their cognitive contributions tend to gain attention when other […]

A Job Opportunity That Pays Nearly Six-Figures Is Quickly Disappearing

A Job Opportunity That Pays Nearly Six-Figures Is Quickly Disappearing

Photo Illustration by Lixia Guo; Getty Images Insurance brokers’ jobs rely on two basic truths: Insurance is necessary and insurance is confusing.

While this combination has helped brokers maintain what seemed like a stable role in a centuries-old industry , new graduates hoping for a sure thing might want to look elsewhere. From 2017 to 2018, nine out of every ten job posts with the job title “insurance broker” disappeared from the online jobs marketplace ZipRecruiter , meaning employers were posting 92% fewer calls for insurance brokers than they were just a year before — the biggest decrease of any […]

Leaders Must Adjust Their Hiring To Fit The Technology-Driven Work Pace

Leaders Must Adjust Their Hiring To Fit The Technology-Driven Work Pace

When we think about “work” we quickly realize that in today’s technologically complex and evolving work environment, many of us come into contact with technology every fraction of a second. We expect from our systems nothing less to run our businesses effectively and efficiently.

As our appetites and demands grow, many of us may want machines to further increase our profitability, drive engagement and productivity. But in respect to getting our workforce up to par with technology, we are still lagging in hiring those who possess the knowledge of the digital age with much different skill sets than the ones […]

The Future of Work: The Rise of Workers Who Self Automate Their Jobs

The Future of Work: The Rise of Workers Who Self Automate Their Jobs

Shutterstock The headlines tell a confusing story about the impact of automation and artificial intelligence on jobs. Pew Research Center asked 1,896 experts to comment on the impact of automation and AI on the future of jobs. Roughly half of these experts, 48%, envisioned a future where robots and digital agents will displace significant numbers of both blue and white-collar workers. The other 52% of experts expect technology to create more jobs than it displaces by 2025. This is consistent with the estimate from Gartner that says by 2020 AI will create 2.3 million jobs in 2020, while eliminating […]

Automation is not a dirty word

Automation is not a dirty word

As our world continuously evolves and the lines between offline and online continue to blur, change remains the only constant in our lives. Forward-thinking businesses understand this and will invest time and money in implementing new systems that leverage emerging technologies.

Don’t turn your back on the Internet of Things

But, despite putting the right training in place and trying to make everyone’s lives easier, many will revert to their old ways. In a bid to encourage cultural change, some organizations will follow the powerful change curve model to guide their staff, but if we zoom out, it’s easy […]

Technology could widen the gender employment gap, the IMF warns

Technology could widen the gender employment gap, the IMF warns

Technology is often espoused as a great leveler, enabling sudden and sweeping economic progress for huge swathes of society.

But it could also play a role in perpetuating a major societal divide: The gender employment gap.

That’s according to a new report from the International Monetary Fund , which found that women face a greater threat of losing their jobs to technology than their male counterparts.Up to 26 million women in major economies could see their jobs displaced within the next two decades, if technology continues at its current rate, the IMF found.That puts 11% at high risk (a 70% likelihood) […]

How organisations aim to bring human identity back to employees

How organisations aim to bring human identity back to employees

How mobile workers can become even more efficient Vertiv and 451 Research release new report on 5G preparedness Amid rapid technological, economic and social change, it is important for organisations to move beyond mission statements and social impact programs to put humans at the centre of their business strategies.

In its 2019 Global Human Capital Trends report, “Leading the social enterprise: Reinvent with a human focus,” Deloitte examines ways organisations can reinvent themselves on a broad scale, including interacting, motivating, and personalising experiences with the workforce to help build identity and meaning for workers.

Completed by nearly 10,000 respondents in 119 […]

Is this really the end of jobs as we know them?

Is this really the end of jobs as we know them?

Instead of lamenting the loss of traditional jobs, let’s prepare our organizations, our teams and ourselves for the future The chief economist of the Bank of England was quoted saying that half of all U.K. jobs are under threat from automation. REUTERS/Stringer

In March, I wrote about futureproofing your organizations . I reported on a SCNetwork CHRO peer group discussion focused on unpacking all the hype about the future of work and the impact of AI, automation and robotics on jobs.

That article elicited quite a bit of online discussion, which prompted me to do a bit of digging into what […]