The sneaky revolution: 'It's changing absolutely every job'

The drawbacks of insecure work and the gig economy have crystallised in the past six months. In an era of accelerated change, how can young Australians find quality jobs?

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This industrial revolution is a sneaky one," says Dr Alan Montague, a lecturer in business at RMIT. It's changing absolutely every job, and we just take on new skills without realising that we're using new technology."

We are talking over Microsoft Teams, something which, just a year ago, Montague would not have done. But when the pandemic struck in March, use of it and other video conferencing platforms proliferated.