The 15 Skills You Need To Save Your Job From Automation
Automation is coming may be one of the more terrifying things someone can say when talking about the future. None of us know how far reaching automation will be across the workforce, and which jobs are safer from others. BUT there are certain skills that are beneficial to have to protect yourself and your job, skills that are harder for Artificial Intelligence to replicate (and dominate).
I recently came across a study that looked at which skills will be crucial for a human employee to master in the future, these are 15 of the most important ones ranked by their change in hours worked by 2030.
- Advanced IT Skills and Programming (91%)
- Basic Digital Skills (69%)
- Creativity (40%)
- Leadership and Managing Others (33%)
- Entrepreneurship and Initiative-Taking (33%)
- Technology Design, Engineering, and Maintenance (31%)
- Interpersonal Skills and Empathy (30%)
- Scientific Research and Development (28%)
- Advanced Communication and Negotiation Skills (27%)
- Advanced Data Analysis and Mathematical Skills (25%)
- Adaptability and Continuous (24%)
- Complex Information Processing and Interpretation (18%)
- Critical Thinking and Decision-Making (17%)
- Teaching and Training Others (14%)
- Project Management (2%)
What about the skills that are in danger of being taken over by automation? Don’t worry, they covered the 10 least crucial skills, along with the change in hours worked by 2030.
- Craft and Technician Skills (-2%)
- Quantitative and Statistical Skills (-2%)
- Basic Literacy, Numeracy, and Communication (-6%)
- Fine Motor Skills (-8%)
- General Equipment Repair and Mechanical Skills (-9%)
- Gross Motor Skills and Strength (-9%)
- Advanced Literacy and Writing (-10%)
- Basic Data Input and Processing (-19%)
- Inspecting and Monitoring Skills (-20%)
- General Equipment Operation and Navigation (-24%)
As you can see from these lists, not only is technological skills in demand, but basic and higher cognitive skills along with social and emotional skills are going to be hard to replicate and therefore replace in the future.