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Reskilling and upskilling are among Hong Kong’s future workplace trends amid the changing landscape brought on by the rise of AI, according to the head of professional networking platform LinkedIn in the city.
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Ng Mei-mei, general manager for the platform in Hong Kong and Taiwan, also said its data showed users were adopting a more passive approach when seeking out new job opportunities, as compared with the past.
According to LinkedIn, 60 per cent of all skills used to do a job in Hong Kong would have changed by 2030, with the innovations brought by AI accelerating this transformation by 80 per cent.
Those shifts came amid the rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) – algorithms that could be used to create new content. GenAI tools, popularised by OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT, were already being widely experimented in workplaces, as different sectors looked for ways to utilise the technology.
Ng said that the developments brought by AI made upskilling and reskilling even more important than before.
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“No matter if it is digital transformation or artificial intelligence, there could be some new skills in the future that people would need to pick up,” she said. “So ensuring that there is continuing education in the workplace is important.”
However, she noted that most employers and employees in the city were not ready to adapt to workplace changes brought on by artificial intelligence.