Secretaries, Accountants, Factory Workers: These Are the Jobs in Danger of Disappearing in the Next Five Years
But there’s also a list of what will become in-demand jobs
By | PAUL JOHN CAÑA | www.esquiremag.ph
A number of jobs have been identified as most at-risk of “disappearing” over the next five years largely because of automation. This year’s edition of The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2020 maps the jobs and skills of the future and tracks “the pace of change based on surveys of business leaders and human resource strategists from around the world.” The report is extra relevant this year as it takes into account the effect of pandemic-related disruptions.
According to the report, the top five jobs that will see a significant decrease in demand in the next five years are data entry clerks; administrative and executive secretaries; accounting, bookkeeping and payroll clerks; accountants and auditors; and assembly and factory workers.
The rest of the jobs in the top 10 are business services and administration managers; client information and customer services workers; general and operations managers; mechanics and machinery repairers; and material recording and stock-keeping clerks.
