Will the robots take our jobs? Maybe, maybe not, but at the very least they might require us to get more job-related training.
The rise of automation will require a constant change in workforce skills over the next few years—a trend that has been evident since 2002 but is likely to accelerate, according to a new study from McKinsey & Company. Automation will reduce the number of hours that people spend carrying out physical and basic cognitive tasks and increase time spent doing work requiring technological, social, and high-level cognitive skills. The need for tech skills will increase by 50 percent in the U.S. between now and 2030, the study says, with high-level IT and programming skills most in demand.
“People with these skills will inevitably be a minority,” the report states. “However, there is also a significant need for everyone to develop basic digital skills for the new age of automation.”
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