MILWAUKEE, Jan. 18, 2019
/PRNewswire/ -- Robot workers replacing human jobs
– the debate of the decade. In reality, the opposite looks true.
ManpowerGroup's (NYSE:MAN) report Humans Wanted: Robots Need
You found that more employers than ever - 87% - plan to
increase or maintain headcount as a result of automation for the
third consecutive year. ManpowerGroup surveyed 19,000
employers in 44 countries on the impact of automation on job growth
in the next two years. For the full findings click here:
https://www.manpowergroup.com/workforce-insights/world-of-work/skills-revolution-series
Companies that are digitizing are growing, and that growth is
producing more and new kinds of jobs. Organizations that are
already automating tasks and progressing their digital
transformation are most confident of increasing headcount. Global
talent shortages are at a 12-year high and new skills are appearing
as fast as others disappear. More companies are planning to build
talent than ever before, and this trend shows no sign of slowing.
Eighty-four percent of employers plan to upskill their workforce by
2020.
"The focus on robots eliminating jobs is distracting us from the
real issue," said Jonas Prising,
ManpowerGroup Chairman & CEO. "More and more robots are being
added to the workforce, but humans are too. Tech is here to stay
and it's our responsibility as leaders to become Chief Learning
Officers and work out how we integrate humans with machines.
Learning today cannot be done as it was in the past. That's why at
ManpowerGroup we're reskilling people from declining industries
like textiles for jobs in high growth industries including cyber
security, advanced manufacturing and autonomous driving. If we
focus on practical steps to upskill people at speed and at scale,
organizations and individuals really can befriend the
machines."
The Humans Wanted report also found that demand for IT
skills is growing significantly and with speed; 16% of companies
expect to increase headcount in IT, five times more than those
expecting a decrease. Production and manufacturing employers
anticipate the most change in headcount, 25% say they will employ
more people in the next year, while 20% say they will employ less.
Growth will come in front line and customer facing roles too – all
requiring human skills such as communication, negotiation,
leadership and adaptability.
Humans Wanted: Robots Need You provides practical
recommendations and best practice examples from around the world to
help organizations upskill their people and become more agile with
the right combination of building, buying, borrowing and bridging
talent.
About ManpowerGroup
ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the
leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations
transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing,
developing and managing the talent that enables them to win. We
develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of
organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while
finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people
across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of
brands – Manpower®, Experis®, Right Management® and ManpowerGroup®
Solutions – creates substantially more value for candidates and
clients across 80 countries and territories and has done so for 70
years. In 2018, ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most
Ethical Companies for the ninth year and one of Fortune's Most
Admired Companies for the sixteenth year, confirming our position
as the most trusted and admired brand in the industry. See how
ManpowerGroup is powering the future of work:
www.manpowergroup.com
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