The automation of tasks is not new: machines are used in industries to streamline the means of production and new systems emerge to facilitate various services.
However, replacement of humans by computers is a concern for many professionals.
A new survey by Deloitte and the University of Oxford suggests that 10 million jobs could be replaced by technology in the UK over the next 20 years, with one in three at risk.
According to research, repetitive and lower-paid jobs are more likely to disappear, and who gets to 30 thousand a year is five times more likely to lose their job than the professionals who earn 100,000 pounds a year.
The report also estimated the sectors that would be affected by technology. Who works with administration, sales, transport, construction or mining has great risk of losing the job.
But those who hold positions in computing, engineering, science, arts and media, law, education, health and financial services not need to worry.
Another study by CareerBuilder also shows that this trend also occurs in the United States, where one in five companies have replaced their staff by automated systems. In companies with more than 500 employees, this figure reaches 30%.
According to the survey, 257 occupations fell in labor demand since the year 2002, representing a third of all the jobs in the US.
However, while some positions are eliminated, new opportunities may arise: according to CareerBuilder, the vast majority of companies (68%) that replaced their staff by automating said that the adoption of new technologies resulted in the creation of new positions in their firms.
And 35% of companies that laid off workers reported having more open spaces than they had before automation.
The internet also impacted a number of areas in the labor market. Travel agents, for example, lost more than 38,000 jobs between 2002 and 2014 as many online services that automate these processes have been launched in recent years.
This represents a fall of 34% in a field that pays $ 16.17 per hour.
In contrast, during the same period the positions of software developers and web developers grew by 195,000 in the US, paying $ 43 per hour.
Topics: Jobs , Job Market , Technology
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