Women face bigger job shift as AI transforms workplaces
Jobs and Skills Australia found women have greater exposure than men to automation and AI-driven workplace changes.
Artificial intelligence is changing how work gets done and what skills workers need. Research shows women face larger exposure to these changes than men.
Women have greater exposure largely because they work in industries and roles that AI will reshape. Jobs won't disappear, but how they're done will change.
Many workers will need new skills or move into different jobs. A study of 655 women who switched into construction from other industries found they brought valuable skills like management and communication.
But employers often don't recognise experience from different sectors. The construction industry alone has around 20,000 unfilled jobs.
Women make up just 13% of the 1.37 million workers.
- 655 women from other industries
- Women studied moving to construction
- 13% of 1.37 million workers
- Women in construction workforce
- Around 20,000
- Unfilled construction jobs
Why it mattersWorkers facing job changes need support recognising their existing skills; employers need to hire more flexibly to fill labour gaps and adapt to AI-driven shifts.
AustraliaAustralian workers, especially women, will need to retrain and switch careers more often as AI changes jobs; employers must adapt hiring to value diverse experience.
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