59% on Indian staffers Ok to embrace AI

Indian businesses are gearing up for big changes in hiring in 2024 with the focus on adopting AI and meeting the expectations of Gen Z employees, as per a report by job search website Indeed.

About 59% of employees are confident in their ability to adapt and utilise AI tools, indicating that there is likely to be widespread acceptance of AI at work during the coming year. Meanwhile, only 19% of surveyed employers have already implemented or are in the process of implementing next-generation technologies such as Generative AI at the workplace during the coming year.

An integral part of employers’ strategy to effectively adopt AI will be to ensure they follow ethical AI principles according to 42% of respondents. Employers also believe that increasing human-AI collaboration (37%) and reskilling/upskilling the workforce to meet the skill demand (25%) will be key strategies they want to implement. In 2023, employees were predominantly focused on skills such as Generative AI skills (27%) and programming languages (22%) while employers were looking to hire for skills such as cybersecurity (37%) and data science and analytics (29%).