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The Great Recession Drastically Changed the Skills Employers Want (hbr.org)
23 points by mooreds on Oct 9, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



In summary:

> Businesses are upgrading their tech to stay in business which means higher job requirements.

> Workers who don't make "the cut" with necessary analytical skills or higher education are suddenly finding themselves without comparable job options.

Someone posted a PDF on here ranking jobs by how soon they're likely to be automated. IIRC, high-skill healthcare, fine arts, and tech jobs ranked the best. So to all the marketing savvy psychologist-artist-technologists out there, don't worry. You're going to be just fine.


I actually know a "psychologist/artist/technologist," an I'm sure they'll be fine, too.




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