Humans have been a part of evolution ever since life was found on the planet. We evolved from Apes to a fully grown man tackling the challenges and new ways of living.
Ever since that day, human life has never been the same. Each day was a different challenge and continues to surprise us till the date.
It is needless to say that consistency is a myth…. If mankind can outgrow into a different version, then the evolution of technology is only a piece of the cake.
To trace the footsteps of technological growth, we may have to go back a few years. However, the latest boon (or bane) of the better world is IoT development.
Wondering why did we call IoT a bane? Well, like human evolution had its repercussions, every other change will bring along a new set of consequences.
Human life is tangled around the struggle to make a living. Working as a CEO or an employee, the challenges can come wading from anywhere.
However, the technology merging with the Internet of things is bane or boon depends on the things you do for a livelihood. IoT can either pump up the task at the job or throw you into learning new things.
Let us find out if you need to again prove yourself in the job or IoT is just another addition of tool for your skill.
- Brings down Manual Efforts
An evolution always begins with a positive idea and did the Internet of Things. The objective behind such technology reduces human efforts and replace it with rapid automation.
Machine powered by the Internet and controlled by the employees can increase the efficiency of resources. With increased revenue and decreased efforts, business units see this as an absolute win.
For example, the management uses a drone to scan or keep an eye on a particular area. The webcam view brings the live feed which helps in deriving necessary data rapidly.
The retail experience of customers is now handled by Chatbots and virtual assistants. Online stores are now providing 24*7 assistance with machine-powered assistants on the platform.
- Opportunities for Skilled Employees
The threat that IoT may replace many jobs is real. However, on the brighter side, technology has paved new avenues in which the skilled youth can contribute.
Industries have put forward the demand of skilled employment and they don’t just need a chunk of idiots, the number is quite large.
This wasn’t just enough that we see companies taking a step to teach IoT technology. The need for technological professionals is giving way to training opportunities.
Thus, keeping every other boon on one table, skill enhancement seems to be at the center of the stage. Look out of the window, you can find a lot of marketers, bloggers, lifestyle trainers, and influencers reaping benefits from IoT.
- A Decline in Graph of Traditional Jobs
“Technology replaces human efforts”. The sentence may sound like employees will be enjoying a lot of relaxation. However, waking up to reality this also means that few traditional jobs will no longer require manual inputs.
By the end of 2021, countries like the U.K and the U.S will see an impact on the employment rate. On this account, Zinnov has already reported the impact of 120,000 jobs in India by the year 2021.
It seems like people with traditional skills will have to prove their worth in the company, Period. A similar situation was set back a few years ago when typewriters were replaced with computers.
Of all the people, those who accepted the technology survived, the rest embarked on a journey to find new jobs.
- 3rd Eye on Job Competence
Bravo! If you were able to survive in the organization with changes taking place in your surroundings. But if you think that the challenge is over, you might be wrong.
The Internet of Things has just begun to change the way you work.
IoT means every device can be connected with the Internet. So, your boss may think of adding a sensor to devices to keep track of your work. Be prepared to have sensors in your ID badge and office furniture (make sure you don’t behave mischievously, sensors have an eye on you).
However, the idea of sensors is not to scare away the employees, it just places the need of supervision on the table.
On the contrary, employees efficiency has changed for the better. With sensor added to various assets of the organization, tracking has become a seamless operation.
- Hazardous Jobs to Find safety with IoT
Corporate environment fetches the benefit of IoT with productivity, while production and manufacturing industries are adapting IoT for a safer work environment.
The workers and engineers are served with better machinery that can avoid the risk of mishaps. Wearables become a part of employees’ work culture ensuring protection against health hazards.
The safety measures do not end here, automated machines in the industry allow works to stay away from complex tasks. Moreover, computerized monitoring will help the organization in detecting the discrepancies at the speed of a Cheetah.
Jobs that go Unaffected
Well.. to be honest not every sector will how to see the changing scale of employment. Some Job profiles will just take the added advantage of IoT in serving better customer-experience.
The examples that cross the mind are; profiles that require creativity like writing, drawing. Psychiatrists, counselors and other professions that require people to understand feelings can never be at risk because of IoT.
Some of the other jobs that IoT can never replace but only enhance are; Teaching profession, home-help experts, sales-executive, nurses, and a few more to count on.
In the coming years, IoT will not only improve the skills of the employees but will also raise the bar of revenue. Skill-oriented jobs will demand higher qualifications impacting the pay-scale of such individuals.
IoT on a Scale of 1 to 10……
Big business enterprises have already begun to collaborate with the SharePoint development company for IoT apps.
The brewing idea to adopt the change puts the technology on the higher side of the scale.
Discussing the complications that Jobs might face with IoT seems to vanish over time.
Hence, there is no good time to adopt IoT, as every minute the Internet of Things is a viable concept in the world where technology rules.
Author Bio:
Harshal Shah is CEO at WebITGurus, WebITGurus is a best .Net Development Company Offering .Net Applications Development Services like SharePoint, C#, WCF Solutions, IOT Solution and Asp.net Development.
