Technology invading nearly all U.S. jobs, even lower skilled: study

[Gerald]

(Reuters) - Forget robots. The real transformation taking place in nearly every workplace is the invasion of digital tools.

The use of digital tools has increased, often dramatically, in 517 of 545 occupations since 2002, with a striking uptick in many lower-skilled occupations, according to a study released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. (Study: brook.gs/2mn6g9z)

The report underscores the growing need for workers of all types to gain digital skills and explains why many employers say they struggle to fill jobs, including many that in the past required few digital skills. There is anxiety about automation displacing workers and in many cases, new digital tools allow one worker to do work previously done by several.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN1DF0I0

Interesting study.

[em2nought]

Yeah, I'm getting a little tired of people who are checking out at the store answering their Obama phones in the middle of said purchase, with a line of people waiting behind them. Same thing at the red lights.