Monday, November 14, 2016

Industries Taken Over By Technology

What do you do when you’re looking for a date, a new pair of shoes, plane tickets, or nearly anything else? You probably search online or have a convenient App for it. But, before E-commerce became apart of everyday life in the world, many more jobs existed in industries such as banking, libraries, traveling agencies, matchmaking, etc. Since the Internet offers a large variety of products and services, it made finding jobs in many industries more difficult or obsolete.  So– where did all of those people go?
Essentially, I believe that either they stayed in their industry but adjusted to a new position of being a customer support employee for the website. Another possible case could be that they switched industries completely; perhaps moving to an industry that is currently in need such as something in technology like advertising, internet technician, computer engineering, etc. And retail and restaurant always are in demand as well. Getting a job at a place where many people physically visit is a good idea if you’d rather not be sitting at a computer all day. And I have not had a robot serve me at a restaurant yet, so snagging jobs like that is still an option. Also, many people prefer trying clothes on to see if it flatters them or if the quality is nice before purchasing it, that’s why I think retail will always be a physical industry in addition to the e-tail industry.

Despite the fact that E-commerce may be the cause of extinct jobs in several industries, I think that its vastness of options benefit the world economy overall.

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