Five Jobs You Will Battle Robots For By 2025
And Ten Jobs To Help You Thrive
The World Economic Forum just released the news — By 2025, the time spent on tasks at work by humans and machines will be equal. And no surprise, it will continue to widen the job skills gap.
I put in my dating profile last year that my biggest fear was the rise of robots, and I thought that was a good joke. Nope.
By 2025 they estimate 85 million jobs will be displaced by machines, but 97 million new jobs will emerge — but only if labor is available. That doesn’t include the job of robot hunter — yet.
What Jobs and Skills Will Be Lost?
In two months the COVID-19 pandemic has destroyed more jobs than the Great Recession did in two years — accelerating the transition to machines and technology.
Covid has already made the decision on this transition for many employers — 43% of businesses are set to reduce their workforce due to technology integration and 41% plan to expand their use of contractors for task-specialized work. Machines will take over most data processing, job search tasks, administration and even complex and…