- Workers aged between 21 and 50, and those who are in the manual work & manufacturing; digitalisation & automation; and customer service are most willing to retrain for a completely different job function
- 4 of the top 5 countries where workers perceive automation as a threat are Asian countries: Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand
- 63.61% of Asian workers have spent significant time training and developing new skills in 2020
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 3 June 2021 – A new report based on the study Decoding Global Career Shifts states that 72 per cent of Asian workers are willing to retrain for new jobs in any case as they look towards the aftermath of the pandemic. On top of that, another 25 per cent said that they are willing to retrain should the need arise. A total of 66,624 respondents in Asia — out of 209,000 participants across 190 countries — took part in the study.
