The impact of ICT on employment

ICT has had a major impact on emplyement in many ways. The tables below names of some jobs and the things that have been changed as a result in the develoments in technology.

The impact of ICT has meant that people have become more reliant on computers. There have also been changes in the way that people communicate at work. A good example would be the job of a sales assistant who can look at a database to see whether an item is in stock saving time and in some cases money if one less person was emplyed to do this job. People can now communicate at work by using digital switchboards email and m0bile phones meaning that it is easier to contact people saving lots of time. One feature of emplyment which is now possible is being able to use video conferencing. This allows people to have interactive meetings that can be watched by others no matter how far apart they are.

People doing any form of work are able to contact other emplyees by mobile if any problems or situations accure that they should be made aware of. Someone in particular that may find the use of mobile phones useful are taxi drivers or someone that it isn't based in one place of whom is constentally moving around for there work.

ICT allows employers to control more flexible work patterns and work whilst on the move working in different ways in different places.