Impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Jobs and Careers

Key Changes in Vocabulary

• Income (paragraph 1) Earnings
• Consultants (paragraph 4) Guidance Counselors
• Persist (paragraph 6) Remained
• Considerable (paragraph 7) Significant
• Enhance (paragraph 8) Complement Each Other
• Well Informed (paragraph 11) Fully Aware
• Present (paragraph 13) Current
• Results (paragraph 15) Outcomes
• Distant (paragraph 17) Remote
• Recognition (paragraph 18) Awareness

Key Phrases

• Deliberate B
• The Advantages D
• People Have A
• The Effort B
• Expanding Cities D
• Some Doubt A
• Beneath B
• Residents D
• Attempts C
• Greater Consideration C

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How will jobs change due to the fourth industrial revolution?

The fourth industrial revolution is expected to lead to the complete loss of some jobs, particularly those involving repetitive, production-line manufacturing. Other jobs, such as pilots and radiologists, will require significant re-skilling. Additionally, entirely new jobs, like robot trainers and big data analysts, will be created. Due to new technologies, jobs in the 21st century will be different. Some will completely disappear, especially those consisting of repetitive tasks. Others will undergo very significant changes, and new jobs related to technology will emerge.

2. What is the problem between what teenagers want and the reality?

Many of the jobs that teenagers aspire to will become automated.

3. Employment prospects reside in areas where humans and machines are independently benefited. (True or False)

False. "Careers related to how humans and machines or computers complement each other will provide new employment opportunities across different sectors."

4. Why are Australian career advisers failing?

In the Australian part of the survey, about 35% of jobs selected by teenagers are at risk of automation. This suggests that teenagers and career advisers in Australia aren't fully aware of how the market is changing and what the "jobs with a future" are.

5. According to the report, what is the key to a better-informed decision when choosing a career?

Suggested activities include career-insight talks, subject talks, enterprise competitions, mentoring, workplace visits, job shadowing, and short work placements.