Expert Comment: AI demand is booming for the right skills and for the technology ‘glue-guys’

Published on October 9, 2023

Over the past decade, automation technologies have been a key driver of change in the labour market. There has been a huge increase in the demand for AI skills, which has led to different recruitment processes, different job titles and different job specifications.

As work becomes increasingly automated, detailed skills requirements now form the basis of recruitment, rather than criteria for education and experience. Meanwhile, new occupations are appearing, requiring different, novel skillsets.  

By Dr Pantelis Koutroumpis, Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and Economic Change
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