The Covid-19 pandemic has rocked the entire world, with people all around the world locked up at their houses. It has affected all spheres of life , but most importantly it has changed the way we work in workplaces with more and more work from home initiatives being taken up by various employers and organizations and automation of business processes is another thing that is been most sought after by companies around the world.
Employment will be an major issue post covid-19 especially in country like India Since in sectors such as in aviation , hospitality, restaurant Jobs are or will be lost forever. Even some of the top retail chains will have to cut jobs, Retail giants Such as Future Group is already reeling due to Covid-19 onslaught. Many companies in China are moving out from there and going back to US and other developed countries mainly because in those countries comparatively there are greater scope of automation and tax benefits or incentives unlike in countries Like India.This fact bears testimony to the tough conditions that India’s Young Workforce will be facing in Post Covid times. As per a report published by World Bank in 2016, it had predicted that 69% of India’s Manufacturing jobs are facing the threat of Business automation , now with Covid-19 , automation of jobs will be be given more preference by employers around the world, which is already showing in the unemployment rates as published by CMIE, as per their estimate, India has lost around 122 million jobs and the rate of unemployment rose up to 27%. The images of migrant Workers returning from their workplace bears some testimony to this.
The use of Artificial Intelligence(AI) and automation of business operations will be the theme of the day post Covid-19 Crisis. After the World becomes stable post Covid crisis many factories will reboot and restart their operations and their workforce, with labour shortage and fear of covid-19, which factories around the world will obviously look up to use of Artificial Intelligence(AI) in the business operations, which in turn will affect the employment rates or unemployment rates of Job seekers all over the world. Job seekers will have to work on their existing skills and acquire new skills to survive in post covid era where there will be more cut- throat competition due to loss of jobs of existing employees , workers , labours in this covid-19 crisis,who cannot upkeep or not capable enough to acquire new skills, upskilling will be of paramamount importance in post Covid-19 era.
According to reports many organizations are using AI-powered bots in place of call center employees and using some temporary workers to fill in other positions. As this strategy is saving a lot of money and time, companies may continue this practice even after the pandemic is resolved.
The World post Covid-19 may largely be driven by Artificial Intelligence(AI). Currently thousands of employees are working from home , all kinds of business meetings, workshops , seminars all are being held in online applications such Microsoft Team, Zoom ,Google meet etc.So job seekers need to be fully aware of the skills that they need to acquire to survive in post Covid era.
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