Young Australians face lifetime of labor change

Young Australians face lifetime of labor change

Credit: Pixabay With robotics and artificial intelligence causing job cuts and large-scale automation in most industries, tech-savvy young people are already preparing for rapid changes in their working lives.

However, new Flinders University research in the Journal of Youth Studies warns of a "strong social cleavage" with some young Australians with socio-demographic disadvantages—including informal computer skills and limited ITS access at home— may be destined to work in "dead-end" industries forecast to be most affected by automation.

"The future of work for young people may be less grim than forecast, but these outcomes may be far from equitable unless policies including […]

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