According to recent studies, AI by itself might change as many as 1.5 million jobs by the year 2030, with the retail, finance, and media sectors already feeling the impact.

Details from Pearson’s research indicate a shift in the nature of work across Australia, highlighting a skills gap that Australians are finding hard to bridge, potentially evolving into a more severe “skills chasm”.

It’s essential for employers to focus on providing upskilling opportunities for employees, which could include training on the job or additional learning opportunities outside the workplace, to better equip them for these changes in the job market.

Skills that will be most in-demand in the coming years will include collaboration, customer focus, and cultural and social intelligence.

Gone are the days where one-time education could launch workers into a career they’d stick to for the rest of their working lives.

Instead, Aussies will need to embrace career pivots outside the traditional path of attending university and climbing a linear career ladder.