Mark Cahill, managing director for the ManpowerGroup, UK, commented that companies were deploying a myriad of approaches to upskill their existing workforce and build talent further, with many employers turning to long-term training courses. Online learning management systems are a popular channel for organizations to use, providing mass content which is especially useful for onboarding, compliance and cybersecurity training. Companies need to promote a culture of learning, provide career guidance, and offer short, focused upskilling opportunities. People need to know how to prepare for high growth roles of the future and that their employer supports their learning. As well as providing internal in-person and online training, companies can tap into external resources by partnering with organizations such as schools, universities and industry bodies to build communities of talent." The report also found that demand for IT skills is growing significantly: 16% of employers expect to increase headcount in IT, five times more than those expecting a decrease. The vast majority of employers in the U.S plan to increase or maintain headcount as a result of automation. Upskilling is on the rise, with 76% of companies planning to upskill their workforce by 2020, up from 28% in 2011. In the UK, 95% of employers are planning to increase or maintain headcount as a result of automation, according to the report. The research found that companies that are digitalizing are growing and this growth is producing more and new kinds of jobs. Cahill argued that the narrative around automation and AI "stealing our jobs" couldn't be further from the truth. As robots enter the workforce, they are transforming jobs but equally creating more employment opportunities as well. Every industry needs to accept this revolution is here to stay. Employers need to work out how to manage the shift and get humans to collaborate with machines."

According to ManpowerGroup's research, Humans Wanted: Robots Need You, 87% of employers, globally, plan to increase or maintain headcount as a result of automation. Rather than reducing employment opportunities, organisations are investing in digital, shifting tasks to robots and creating new jobs. At the same time, companies are scaling their upskilling so their human workforce can perform new and complementary roles to those done by machines. In an exclusive interview with Information Age, Arjen van Berkum, COO of Another Monday, explains why robotic process automation doesn't have to mean redundancies. ManpowerGroup commissioned Infocorp to carry out quantitative research in 2018 surveying 19,417 employers across six industry sectors in 44 countries.

Fears that robots will eliminate your job are unfounded with a growing number of employers planning to increase or maintain headcount as a result of automation, staffing company ManpowerGroup said in a survey published on Friday. The'Humans Wanted: Robots Need You' report surveyed 19,000 employers in 44 countries and found 69 percent of firms were planning to maintain the size of their workforce while 18 percent wanted to hire more people as a result of automation. That was the highest result in three years. Just 9 percent of employers in the annual survey said automation would directly lead to job losses, while 4 percent did not know what the impact would be. The report went on to say that 24 percent of the firms that will invest in automation and digital technologies over the next two years plan to add jobs compared to 18 percent of those who are not automating.

"Digital skills, IT skills, all the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) skills are really very important for…the workers of the future," said Stefano Scabbio, president of Northern Europe, Mediterranean, and Eastern Europe at ManpowerGroup, a global staffing firm. In a January survey of 20,000 employers from 42 countries, ManpowerGroup found 86 percent of companies plan to increase or maintain headcount in the next two years due to automation, with the biggest job gains in the IT, customer service and advanced manufacturing sectors. But employers said they struggle to find talent with the right mix of skills, like problem solving, communication, organization and collaboration. "It's important that we educate companies of every size to really understand the importance of re-skilling and skilling people," Scabbio said. There's plenty of debate over just how many jobs will be lost to robots.

ManpowerGroup, one of the world's largest jobs companies, released a report detailing how the technological revolution is going to change the employment market forever. The company released the report, entitled "The Skills Revolution," on conjunction with the World Economic Forum's meeting of the most powerful political and business leaders across the globe in Davos, Switzerland. It surveyed more than 18,000 employers across 43 countries and six industry sectors. While technological developments will cause greater automation, a decrease in headcount or slow growth in hiring in some areas, it will actually create a lot of jobs too, according to Manpower. But the key to this is to make sure the world's workforce "upskills" to be qualified enough to take on new positions.