Technology is fast restructuring jobs across industries, opening up new sectors that require different skill sets. Are you ready?
TOP JOBS
BY NEETI SHARMA
Technology is taking away many low-skilled jobs. But it is also creating opportunities in the form of new-age roles. Research shows 65 per cent of the jobs that today’s school students will take up may not exist in the future. Due to technological changes in virtualisation, artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics, individuals need to continuously upskill to meet industry requirements. Travel and tourism, ITeS, energy, logistics, retail, financial and educational services, manufacturing and engineering will continue to witness positive hiring trends. Here are some of the emerging jobs in 2019-2020:
Data analysts Organisations are processing large amounts of data; decision-making, too, is more data-driven.
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