Settlement Guide: What are the skills you need for the jobs of the future?

Kasun Kalhara, a Sri Lankan singer, musician, vocal coach and record producer.

Kasun Kalhara, a Sri Lankan singer, musician, vocal coach and record producer. Source: Image: Supplied.

An international study predicts that three in five jobs will require advanced digital skills by the year 2030. But a recent RMIT report shows that one in four Australian workers don’t have the skills to operate in a rapidly digitalised work environment.


In Australia there appears to be a significant skills gap amid increasing automation in the economy.   Is our education system ready to prepare young Australians for future jobs?
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Someone taking picture of an elephant statue. Source: Getty Images/Bernhard Lang

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