Topic > Effects of Technology and Structural Unemployment

Unfortunately, most secretaries only know how to use the typewriter, so employers will have difficulty filling new positions because the secretaries' skills do not match their needs. (What is structural unemployment? (n.d.)) This would mean that secretaries would have to be retrained to adapt to future productivity. This would obviously increase structural unemployment, but it would also (in the long run) increase employment, further increasing the growth and sustainability of the economy. The government just needs to ensure that it provides education and reskilling of workers in the areas it needs, as this would also help prepare the country for future technological developments (if there are any)).