Every fifth profession to disappear from labor market

According to the latest report of the World Economic Forum, automation is to take up as much as 85 million jobs. Pearson's new analysis softens these forecasts somewhat and shows that 20 percent of professions will disappear in the future. It goes, among others, for administration and sales staff, mainly cashiers. In the case of 10 percent of specializations, e.g. in health care or education, there will be more job offers. The fate of 7 out of 10 employees is uncertain, because although they will be needed, their profession will change significantly. This will require retraining. The Polish Labor Market Barometer 2022 of the Personnel Service shows that 44 percent of people want to gain new competencies in the near future. They are most motivated to do so by losing their job as a result of automation by a loved one. 17 percent of employees have experienced it already.

"The pandemic has made remote work popular, automation has developed, and employees and employers have shown unprecedented flexibility. The war, on the other hand, has reevaluated the business and showed how to set priorities. Employees feel these changes in the labor market, so they prepare for them and are ready to acquire new skills. And as the Pearson analysis shows, in the case of 7 out of 10 occupations it will be crucial. The changes will affect especially low and medium-skilled people, although this is not a clear equation," Krzysztof Inglot, labor market expert, founder of Personnel Service, said.

(WBJ)