--- title: "Post-COVID Careers: The 2nd Renaissance is Emerging" description: What will the future workforce of Australia look like and what are the key skills you need in the post-COVID-19 world? Check out this futurist interview. image: https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hubfs/giphy%20(10).gif --- [![ASN Logo New](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images_Compressed/ASN%20Logo%20New.png?width=203&height=95&name=ASN%20Logo%20New.png) ](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com) # Decoding Tomorrow: Futurism and Foresights Today Foresights and ideas that expand minds and inspire a change of heart. # Post-COVID Careers: The 2nd Renaissance is Emerging Posted by [Anders](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/author/anders) on June 17, 2020 ![Anders](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/d614bfaf05c76fba53508b0a7f68214b) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **A decade’s worth of technological advancement and skills evolution is being compressed into 2020 due to COVID-19.** This ‘2nd Renaissance’ will shape a new future powered by a combination of technology and human ingenuity. **The virus has unleashed a global ‘future of work’ experiment** on us all and businesses have had to adapt at exponential speeds. The viral spread and concomitant lockdown / opening up has led us  all to pay attention to data, trends and exponential charts and taught us the maths lessons we ignored at school. In my recent interview with [Sunrise on Channel 7](https://7news.com.au/sunrise) we talk about what the future workforce will look like based on our research collaboration with [ING Bank in the Future Focus Trend Report ](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog)and what the key skills are that you need in the post-COVID-19 world. Check out the interview here:    As the world adapts to the ‘new normal’ and we prepare for life after COVID-19, a new [report from ING](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/beyond-covid-future-of-work-report) explores how Aussies can adapt and prepare for the **digital workforce of tomorrow**. New research reveals one in three (35%) Australians will be looking for a new job after COVID-19, whilst 32% expect jobs to be very hard to come by as a result of the crisis. Concern about what the future has in store also means a quarter (23%) are fearful or anxious about future job opportunities and unsure they have the right skills. What’s more, some Aussies are rethinking their career choices, with 1 in 10 (12%) considering jobs in **essential services**.   ![giphy (10)](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hubfs/giphy%20(10).gif) **The secret to the workforce and leaders of tomorrow will be combining our knowledge of STEM with creativity, entrepreneurship, innovation, emotional intelligence and empathy.** In the past, we had to excel at skills (left-brained skills) which robots can now do better than us. Right-brained capabilities aren’t able to be learnt (to the same degree or as quickly as left-brained skills) by robots yet and so will fall to humans to fulfil. **Luckily there is still some cognitive upside for us humans in this 2nd Renaissance.  ** Focusing on **right-brain skills** will give us the possibility to pursue our true humanity and creativity - creativity that the traditional education system has historically ignored, and **creativity we will need during and after the Corona recovery.** ![Screen Shot 2020-06-16 at 22.32.30](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-06-16%20at%2022.32.30.png?width=1194&name=Screen%20Shot%202020-06-16%20at%2022.32.30.png) Looking at our current circumstances, there are many questions about the world we live in – from what constitutes ‘work’, to modern family life and what ‘essential’ work or services look like. Evidence from our [ING Future Focus Trend Report](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/beyond-covid-future-of-work-report) shows there is a **Second Renaissance** emerging, filled with new opportunities ready for the taking. ![giphy (9)](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hubfs/giphy%20(9).gif)   Topics: [Jobs of the Future](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/jobs-of-the-future), [future of work](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/future-of-work), [STEM](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/stem), [COVID-19](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/covid-19) ![Anders](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/d614bfaf05c76fba53508b0a7f68214b) ### Written by [Anders](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/author/anders) ** ### Sign up for the Decoding Tomorrow newsletter ### CATEGORIES - [Anders Sorman-Nilsson](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/anders-sorman-nilsson) - [Futurist Speaker Sydney](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/futurist-speaker-sydney) - [Thinque](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/thinque) - [Disruptive Trends](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/disruptive-trends) - [Future Thinking](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/future-thinking) - [Thought Leaders](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/thought-leaders) - [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/artificial-intelligence) - [Futurist](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/futurist) - [Future Trends](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/future-trends) - [2nd Renaissance](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/2nd-renaissance) - [AI](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/ai) - [Sustainability](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/sustainability) - [2020 Vision](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/2020-vision) - [Disruption](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/disruption) - [AI Keynote Speaker](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/ai-keynote-speaker) ### INDUSTRY - [Anders Sorman-Nilsson](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/post-covid-careers-the-2nd-renaissance-is-emerging#) - [Futurist Speaker Sydney](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/post-covid-careers-the-2nd-renaissance-is-emerging#) - [Thinque](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/post-covid-careers-the-2nd-renaissance-is-emerging#) - [Disruptive Trends](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/post-covid-careers-the-2nd-renaissance-is-emerging#) - [Thought Leaders](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/post-covid-careers-the-2nd-renaissance-is-emerging#) ### RECENT FORESIGHTS [** ](https://www.facebook.com/thinquetank/) [** ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anderssormannilsson/) [** ](https://www.youtube.com/user/andersofthinque) [** ](https://twitter.com/asormannilsson) [** ](https://www.instagram.com/andersbygeorgsorman/) ### ANDERS SÖRMAN-NILSSON #### FUTURIST. 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