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English Word |
Arabic Translation |
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blue |
أزرق / عُمالي (حسب السياق: blue-collar jobs = وظائف يدوية) |
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conditions |
ظروف |
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generate |
يُنتِج / يُولِّد |
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interact |
يتفاعل |
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opportunities |
فرص |
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process (v) |
يعالج / يُعالج (معلومة أو بيانات) |
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repetitive |
متكرر |
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risk |
مخاطرة / خطر |
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salary |
راتب |
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unemployment |
بطالة |
The future of work
🅰️ A changing workplace
Automation is part of our lives. We’ve got self-service checkouts, online banking, smart technology in our homes and personal assistants in our phones. Without them, think about how much slower everyday life would be!
According to the Future of Jobs Report, the world of work is changing very fast. Millions of jobs will be lost, so it’s probably not a good career move to train as a taxi driver or a technical translator. The jobs most at risk are blue collar jobs like machine operators in factories. But some white collar jobs in offices and banks that involve processing data will also become a thing of the past. Jobs such as administrative assistants and bank tellers are already in danger of extinction.
However, it’s hard to program machines to work as gardeners, plumbers or construction workers. And robots are still not great at interacting with people. So we’ll need teachers, social workers and healthcare professionals for the foreseeable future. There will definitely be plenty of jobs in healthcare.
But new technologies have always generated new jobs. Since the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries, it’s not just the jobs that machines have taken away that matter, but the new ones they have created. For example, computers have cost 3.5 million jobs in the USA, but they’ve also created over 19 million new ones!
🅱️ The workforce of tomorrow
Many people worry that automation will add to unemployment, but the good news is that millions of new jobs are likely to be created. Machines will take over manual work, and there will be robot surgeons, graphic designers, sports stars and doctors. But the world still needs humans skills like creative and analytical thinking, so jobs in these areas are unlikely to be lost.
One important area of growth is being able to understand and manage all the new technology, AI and big data. This need will create new jobs that are
not common now – for example, data detectives and personal technology managers. In addition, the growth of technologies that are used in fields like education, medicine and agriculture will also lead to a lot of new work opportunities.
To keep up with all this change, tomorrow’s workforce will have to be flexible, change careers quickly if necessary and continue learning while
working. People will need to keep updating their knowledge and skills – for example by participating in online learning.
In a few decades’ time, automation will have made some jobs extremely inefficient. We’ll definitely have a shorter working week and more leisure time, as work will earn us a salary, but leisure will give us wellbeing. The real winners will be those who have found a way to combine the boring jobs with self-development, self-expression and fun!
