In the article, “The New Romantics in the Computer, “ David Brooks talks about how while the computers gradually take over the technical jobs nowadays the human body and mind continues to excel in the more emotional side of the job world. This means that while the demand for professionals in fields that require technical skills are declining, the amount of jobs in the more “emotional” side of the job market have been growing exponentially.
This means that more jobs requiring people skills will open up because the employers will need someone other than a computer to deal with customer relations. This also means that people who know how to function well in a group become more valuable because they need the skills that computers lack in emotional value. A computer is only as good as the user because the user is the one that puts all of the data into a computer. This means that many people who are working together over a database system and all of their computers are linked need to be able to communicate effectively because they will interfere with each other’s work if they cannot do this. So as the computer age draws us ever further into its embrace the job market will continue to expand to favor those who have the people skills required to interact with the groups and customers that a business interacts with on a daily basis. These skills will become ever more desirable to CEO’s and COO’s in the corporate job market today.
-Forrest
-Forrest