AI Is Reshaping Employment: How Secure Is Your Job?



We’re entering a new era where exponential business growth no longer equals exponential headcount.

Corporates are applying the FIFO method: Fit In Or F-ck Off.

Loyalty, tenure, and conformance are being replaced by capability, contribution, and commitment.

The numbers don’t lie!!

• Microsoft: Satya Nadella cut 15,000 jobs this year despite explosive revenue.

• Amazon: Andy Jassy says teams will be smaller and scrappier, with AI doing jobs people once did.

• Alphabet (Google): Sundar Pichai made clear strong growth ≠ more staff.

• Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Verizon, Intel: All cutting jobs despite profits.

And in Australia

• Atlassian: Sacked 150 via terse video calls.

• ANZ: CEO Nuno Matos demanding speed and radical change.

The question isn’t whether AI will take your job — it’s whether you’ll adapt fast enough to stay relevant.

So, how do you stay employable?

• Build AI literacy – learn how to use AI as your productivity partner.

• Show measurable contribution – be the person who makes tech worth it.

• Adapt mindset – replace entitlement with agility and value-creation.

As Allen Pathmarajah has always said  “ your people are not your greatest asset — your  rightpeople are your  greatest asset.”

The workplace of the future will reward those who fit in, skill up, and step up.

What’s your strategy to stay employable in the AI era?

5 pointers for corporates to handle #ai transformation

The Tech Council of Australia share 5 pointers to be on the AI ride . Maria Macnamara shares them succinctly in her LinkedIn post 

Now's the time to be brave and act. 

💎Develop your vision. 

💎Choose your niche and own it. 

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💥There are many things to consider - here are 5 to get you started: 

1. be deliberate, move fast and collaborate. There's absolutely no time to waste. 

2.  plan for the transition of your workforce - they who will need to be re- educated, reskilled, redeployed, retained or retired. AI reduces weeks to minutes. 

3. manage the impact on the #environment

4. be conscious of security. The cyber threat is on a whole new level. 

5. be alert and alive to what's happening globally - clearly in China and the USA, Middle East, the Stans, the Global South and Africa. Enormous investments are being made there. 

Maria Macnamara’s post

Digital Fluency is no longer optional - it is essential

VET in NSW have identified  the evolving digital skill needs across seven key vocational education sectors in NSW: 

Through extensive research, surveys, focus groups, and stakeholder consultations, the project found that 94% of respondents believe jobs now demand more digital skills than just two years ago, yet over 93% reported a significant gap between industry requirements and current training offerings. 

Foundational digital competencies such as cyber security, cloud computing, data analysis, and effective digital communication are now baseline expectations across all sectors.

There were 10 cross-industry digital foundation skills that were consistently identified as critical to workforce readiness:

1. Digital literacy (ICT use and navigation)

2. Online communication and collaboration

3. Cyber security awareness

4. Data entry and digital record-keeping

5. Use of workplace-specific software

6. Problem solving with digital tools

7. Online customer service etiquette

8. Digital scheduling and time management tools

9. Remote work protocols and virtual meetings

10. Social media and content creation for business use

These skills support not only individual employability but also organisational resilience and adaptability in an increasingly digital economy.

#A.C.F.I.P.S (NSW ITAB) #bsilearning #nexttechrevolution