Struggling Gen Z and millennial grads should consider turning their back on their degrees and retraining to become hospitality and trade workers, Randstad’s CEO warns.
Not necessarily. Soon, many jobs will be replaced by AI and robotics, or off-shored. For a few decades, software development was a path to a good, high-paying job, now many are losing to AI, and plenty of people will never work in their trained field again. That’s going to happen to more and more professions.
Trades are different, they need to be on the job. You can’t fix a toilet with AI, or a call center in India. The plumber has to be in the same bathroom as the toilet. The electrician has to be near the outlet he’s wiring. A chef needs to be able send the food to the table while it’s still hot. it can’t be made in a factory somewhere.
Robots may help, but they’ll never replace a tradesman.
Knowing a trade, or even two, will serve you your entire life. There will always be someone in demand of your services.
Same is true for most other jobs.
Not necessarily. Soon, many jobs will be replaced by AI and robotics, or off-shored. For a few decades, software development was a path to a good, high-paying job, now many are losing to AI, and plenty of people will never work in their trained field again. That’s going to happen to more and more professions.
Trades are different, they need to be on the job. You can’t fix a toilet with AI, or a call center in India. The plumber has to be in the same bathroom as the toilet. The electrician has to be near the outlet he’s wiring. A chef needs to be able send the food to the table while it’s still hot. it can’t be made in a factory somewhere.
Robots may help, but they’ll never replace a tradesman.