Overcoming threat to employability | How to ensure future employability
Loading player...
Dr Hendrik Botha, Head of Institution at Boston City Campus.
Seismic shifts in the ubiquitous digitised workplace are seeing reverberations across sectors, translating into new jobs being created daily while others become obsolete. In this ever changing environment it becomes vital to strategically choose a career with sufficient scope for sustainable future employability.
“Despite jobs being replaced and the threat of skills becoming irrelevant, this is also a time of great potential opportunity, where upgrading skills to remain cutting edge and focussing on professions which will remain crucial to societies can facilitate sustainable employability, “ says Dr Janet Viljoen, career specialist and Academic Planning and Development Practitioner Boston City Campus at Boston City Campus.
With the era of pervasive digitalisation, work automation and artificial intelligence rapidly changing the employment landscape, what does the future hold? And how can one choose a career with sustainable employment prospects?
Seismic shifts in the ubiquitous digitised workplace are seeing reverberations across sectors, translating into new jobs being created daily while others become obsolete. In this ever changing environment it becomes vital to strategically choose a career with sufficient scope for sustainable future employability.
“Despite jobs being replaced and the threat of skills becoming irrelevant, this is also a time of great potential opportunity, where upgrading skills to remain cutting edge and focussing on professions which will remain crucial to societies can facilitate sustainable employability, “ says Dr Janet Viljoen, career specialist and Academic Planning and Development Practitioner Boston City Campus at Boston City Campus.
With the era of pervasive digitalisation, work automation and artificial intelligence rapidly changing the employment landscape, what does the future hold? And how can one choose a career with sustainable employment prospects?
