Upgrading skills helps everyone
The tech revolution has been a boon, indeed, with record breaking
economy and stock market. But this technology advancement has led to
proliferation of automation which has also made repetitive jobs redundant,
especially those of the executive-level, clerical posts and having large manual
content. An obvious consequence of these routine layoffs has an impact on
employee engagement, and also on the organisation’s brand, if the redundancies
are not managed well. We need to first understand the root cause for most
redundancies today. The reason is cheap availability of computing power and
cloud storage are automating routine jobs. Digital processes are being
integrated in the business processes and further stamping out human tasks.
Business models of organisations are undergoing a substantial shift. It’s
taking over mundane, repetitive tasks. Consumer behaviours are also changing.
And so is the customer expectation. Organisations also are now looking at ways
to be more efficient and productive by using technology. Due to this there is a
huge churn in the skill-sets that are needed.
The ordinary ‘middle-class’ repetitive production jobs,
book-keeping jobs, data entry jobs are no more ‘relevant’. However, jobs
belonging to the higher and lower ends have, in fact proliferated. The higher
end jobs which require more ‘human’ skills such as networking, creativity,
problem-solving, etc. have increased. And so have the low-end ‘hands-on’ jobs
such as those of the restaurant service workers, house support aids,
baby-sitters have also become more high-priced thanks to the fact that these
can never be automated!
layoffs
Layoffs are leading to people becoming redundant since their skillsets are no
longer needed by organisations. And this impact is across sectors. Hence, if a
person feels, they will be fungible in the talent market with the same
skillsets, then they are disconnected from ground reality. It is a fallacy of
thought that they need to correct, now!
The only way to stay relevant as a prospective and a progressive
employee, is by acquiring skills that are needed by organisations in their
current business context. Skills, nowadays, have a very short shelf-life.
Hence, employees need to get comfortable with the idea of constantly unlearning
old skills and learning new ones.
Organisations have a crucial role to play here. Working closely
with the clients to find out the role requirements, in-demand skills, and
identifying candidates with the matching skills and channelizing the best fit for
upskilling programs will surely boost the employee morale.
Forward looking organisations have already embraced the fact and they have
initiated training and learning programs for their employees to keep them
relevant, inside or outside of their organisation.
The author is country manager, Right Management India, part of
ManpowerGroup India
Source | Hindustan Times | 25th
January 2019
Regards
Mr. Pralhad Jadhav
Master of Library & Information
Science (NET Qualified)
Research Scholar (IGNOU)
Senior Manager @ Knowledge
Repository
Khaitan & Co
Twitter Handle | @Pralhad161978
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