For last night's 4 Corners report on digital disruption and future jobs, the underpinning question was, “In the coming age of robotics and advanced IT, what will the jobs of the future be?”
Whilst there were futurists and researchers making predictions and quoting numbers or percentages of jobs that will be lost, this question requires consideration of evidence from workforce planning with employers and industry sectors, a global perspective, and grasp of the impact of new discover technologies on work.
This blog and the story has implications for educators, employers, governments, industry bodies, job agencies, parents, Registered Training Organisations, schools, universities and youth organisations.
There are also a number of pointers about the future in these recent posts: