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Jobs lost or gained? Report paints rosy outlook of Indonesia amid rising automation
The report suggested that occupations like legal support, machine operators, payroll officers and transaction processors will most likely fall victim to automation.
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“Automation and the Future of Work in Indonesia”, released on Wednesday by management consultancy McKinsey & Company, projects that 23 million jobs could be displaced by automation by 2030, but 27 million to 46 million new jobs could be created in the same period. (Shutterstock/File)
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any more jobs will be created by 2030 than are lost to automation, but in order to reach that point, Indonesians will need to learn new skills, according to a new report.
“Automation and the Future of Work in Indonesia”, released on Wednesday by management consultancy McKinsey & Company, projects that 23 million jobs could be displaced by automation by 2030, but 27 million to 46 million new jobs could be created in the same period.
That would create up to 23 million more jobs created than are lost to automation, and 10 million of these jobs would be new types of occupations.
The study suggested that occupations like legal support, machine operators, payroll officers and transaction processors will most likely fall victim to automation.
However, jobs that involve unpredictable physical activities like construction laborers, interface services such as salespersons, expertise like artists and scientists, as well as managing and developing people such as CEOs and project managers, will prevail.
“Skills of developing people and problem-solving need to be very strong. Machines can solve problems, but machines cannot tell us what problems to solve,” McKinsey Indonesia managing partner Philia Wibowo told The Jakarta Post in an interview on Tuesday.
Automation has been a hot topic for Indonesia, which is on its way to digitizing its industries with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo endorsing the Making Indonesia 4.0 road map last year to support cost efficiency and the competitiveness of local industries.
