400 million job losses in the second quarter of 2020 alone and even those lucky enough to hold onto employment and survive on furlough payments face a bleak future unless societies can come out of lockdown soon.
Aside from all the other damaging aspects of the virus, COVID has successfully exposed harshly named ‘pointless jobs’ – roles that won’t return in the future.As employers have become wiser to the potential of advancing technologies in the workplace instead of humans – in particular, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine-learning – it’s very likely the world of employment we emerge into after the virus has passed will be considerably different to the one we previously enjoyed.Through lockdowns and distancing, an increasing number.
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