Recently AI has been in the news as a tool that (in theory) can start to replace jobs currently done today across a wide range of industries including Banking, Healthcare, Tech, Travel and Leisure, The Industrial Sector many others, I'm sure. In a way, the trend is moving toward AI first, people second. While this has many advantages, the 'AI first' trend got me thinking about what this would actually mean to my future resume and future job search. Since this is LinkedIn, I thought i would write up and share my thoughts on this topic:
- Today's current resume, in theory at least, is an individual's attempt to convince a future employer that they are a great fit for a current open job or new role that needs to be filled. Effectively the individual is 'competing' against other people. Tomorow's resume will probably need to be structured as a kind of rationalization as why it would be a better idea for the future employer to fill that open position with a person, and not an AI Algorithm. The change is that individuals are competing against each other and also against AI.
- The second change is that tomorrows' resume should be much more targeted at jobs and roles that tactically continue to require optimal reactions to a wide variety of unforeseen circumstances and unpredictable events, since foreseen circumstances and predictable events and tasks will probably be better 'handled' by AI.
- The third change is a movement by job seekers away from trying to compete specifically around tasks/for roles that require just specialized knowledge or subject matter expertise to a more focused approach around competing for jobs that require Wisdom (for example, People Management, Direct Sales, Well being management, Public Relations, Solution Architects, Judges, and many others). New roles that demand a combination of skills, ability, experience and wisdom would make a great 'target market' for the next generation of job seekers.
All opinions are my own, and not of my employer Hope you enjoyed my short post!.
Principal Solutions Architect driving Hybrid cloud and AI technologies in the partner ecosystem at IBM
1yYou started an interesting branch of thought. Building on #1. My prediction is AI bots will soon be applying to open job positions competing against human candidates. AI bots would act on behalf of the companies that developed them and accordingly negotiate salary/rates...
Adjunct Professor at Coastal Carolina UNiversity and Retired IBM Distinguished Engineer
1yChuck, I agree that "soft skills" and wisdom are extremely important. Not the leas of which in determining when AI "Hallucinates". However, I have a slightly different take. AI is a sophisticated form of automation. Software has been automating roles for at least 50 years. AI is the latest wave. Implementation of automation creates a means to do tasks that were previously done by people. Invocation of the automata is envisioned as a "Push the Button" effort. Attempts to replace people are almost never complete. Jobs get eliminated not because of simple invocation, but the responsibility for completing the task to be automated are shifted to other fewer people. The shift involved always causes a need for new skills for the people who drive the automation. For AI automation this involves the ability to prompt the AI to do what needs to be done. AI does not at this point have the expertise to avoid or clean up "the mess". Jobs will involve doin gso.
Program Director - Banking / Payments at IBM
1yNicely done, thanks for sharing!