Social Impacts of ICT - Jobs

 

As ICT was introduced it made massive differences to businesses. PC’s became affordable and smarter computers were available and so factories could have fully automated factory production  which allows work to carry on day and night with no rest and saves money for the business in the long run. So every factory worker would lose their job and have to retrain or find another factory job. Offices used to employee many secretaries to produce the documents required for the business to run. But with PC’s they do not need them and can do it themselves. Companies once had large departments full of people whose job it was to do calculations. A personal computer running a spreadsheet can now do the same work. Newspaper Printing  used to take a team of highly skilled printers to typeset (layout) a newspaper page and to then print thousands of newspapers. The same task can now be performed faster using computers with DTP software and computer-controlled printing presses.

 

ICT didn’t just lose employee’s their jobs though, it created millions of new ones as well!
- IT Technicians

All of the computers in a business need to be maintained: hardware fixed, software installed, etc.  IT technicians do this work.

- Computer Programmers

All of the software that is now used by businesses has to be created by computer programmers. Hundreds of thousands of people are now employed in the 'software industry'

- Web Designers

Much of modern business is conducted on-line, and company websites are very important.  Company websites need to be designed and built which is the role of web designers.

- Help-Desk Staff

People often need help using computers, and software applications. Computer and software company have help-desks staffed by trained operators who can give advice.