Job vacancies counted multiple times are inflating
the actual few vacancies out there -
which are attracting many applicants
What is the future of work? Likely not a place where humans will be. Why?
Automation.
Some fear the rise of the Robots -
They are too late, it's here and taking jobs
We are set to lose 9 million jobs in the next 10 years. The problem is, that in the last 20 years, a combination of recession, cutbacks and automation has taken a big slice off the jobs market. Already, the changing demands of employers has seen a lot of jobs just disappear.
Basic Income Guarantee - That's the truth, Dad!
The workplace is changing, a big swathe of jobs 'in the middle' are going or gone. Unless a robot can't do it, then the job is there, until the job is subsumed into the cybernetic realm.
We will need to be paid for existing, not work
The current job/benefits model is going to have to change. If jobs are not there, then it is pointless to look for the same.
The DWP may offer courses, but they are for work that will likely not be there in the future. With 80,000 of its own staff, what are they going to do all day, play with paperclips when the jobs are not out there to apply for?
The problem is that we have many jobs in the prosperous areas where people cannot afford to live. At present. There is no guarantee that these will endure in these areas.
We also have many jobs gone completely, often to automation, so the base jobs are not there to fill. So the upskilled people move down to jobs they are overqualified to do, displacing the lower qualified and likely more suited to these jobs.
The only answer is Basic Income Guarantee.
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