Big changes ahead in industry after Covid-19

[snoop1130]

Big changes ahead in industry after Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

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Workers aged between 40 and 45, who are doing fewer shifts and earning less as well as those whose jobs stand to be disrupted by technology must improve their skills or they may find themselves jobless once the Covid-19 crisis is resolved, said Tanit Sorat, vice chairman of the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry.

 

He warned that the post-Covid labour market will be very different, with businesses employing more freelancers and more people working from home.

 

Also, most staff will be re-hired on an outsourcing basis, he added.

 

Tanit also said that the “new normal” created by the Covid-19 crisis will give birth to a neo-economy, where most transactions and business operations are digital.

 

In addition, special sanitary and phytosanitary measures will be applied to exports as well as domestic transportation, and public health screening will be stricter in airports as well as bus and train stations.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30387665?utm_source=category&utm_medium=internal_referral

 

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[chrisinth]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Workers aged between 40 and 45, who are doing fewer shifts and earning less as well as those whose jobs stand to be disrupted by technology must improve their skills or they may find themselves jobless

 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Also, most staff will be re-hired on an outsourcing basis, he added.

Which industry is he referring to? Quote one above the only way an individual shift worker is going to improve his/her skills will be determined by the company employing them.

 

Staff being re-hired on an outsourcing basis? I wonder if these people are aware how difficult it is to find people, and retain them, who are competent in their positions. But again, which part of industry are they referring to? Big brush strokes being used here IMO.

[hotchilli]

A good start would be more communication between industry and the education sector.

Universities are still sending out so called qualified students who skills set doesn't stack up in the modern world.

Industry needs to have a more direct say in what future skills they require and the education system has to react swiftly to changes.