Employment Opportunities

Jobs are a part of life and what we want to do and how we do it is our choice, but when we need the easiest and quickest way using computers is bound to be the answer. Countless jobs are now available in an office environment where they can do almost everything just on the computer.

One of the main and most evident ways computers have helped business employment is banking. Having the ability to automatically do transactions on the front desk of the shop meant jobs became so much easier and they had taken out the whole idea of human error in the process. Although swapping human power for computers meant it was less complicated and easier to sort out, it also meant that people would have to lose their jobs because they would be not needed. Computers are now being programmed to do almost anything and this means that the skills people once trained for during their life are becoming less important because computers are now able to do the same thing without fault and quicker! An example of computers out performing human work is bank transactions. Computers are now on some peak days processing over four thousand million financial transactions!!

 As well as improving banking, computers have now become part of our offices. Computer programmes like word processor and excel have meant that people are no longer being hired to write reports and design presentations for businesses because anyone can do them now with a computer and faster.

However, with so many jobs being lost to computers just as many are being created. Call centres are being used more and more and are employing constantly.  One of the most well-known call centres are those in India. They go through calls for companies in the western world and are now in fact being trained to sound more like a European and are even using different names while in the call centres. Having these jobs on offer in countries like India creates a boost in employment as they need a huge amount of employees to deal with the calls. Not only do they get a job but they become better in foreign languages and get trained with computers.  These skills themselves are great to have and would help anyone get a job.

With computers offering such a huge choice of programmes people are making a living of almost everything they offer.  People are now making money off sites such as YouTube where they create videos and upload them. The highest earners use professional video software and can earn up to and over $315,000 a year. Without the development of computers and programmes people like Shane Dawson for example wouldn’t be able to be self-employed and earn his living off these sites. Currently over ten million channels have been made on YouTube with accounts being created each day in the hope of maybe earning money through the site.

 

(Shane Dawson is one of the highest paid youtubers)

As people turn to YouTube and other sites that offer self-employment, more people are being hired to make bigger advances in ICT which will eventually help everyone else and maybe even create a bigger opportunity for average people to become employed. These people are creating more jobs in the future and without them we wouldn’t have any employment opportunities from computing.

Civil rights

With internet invading our lives constantly new laws are being thought of to keep us safe from cyber bullying and insulting critics on sites such as Twitter and Facebook.  Human rights are being invaded and the internet is partly to be blamed.

With the ability of accessing and creating blogs and videos online people’s rights of speech are becoming a lot easier and more real. People now have the ability to upload blogs and videos expressing themselves about certain topics and how it makes them feel. This ability means people can express themselves and create discussions about life and its topics.

With the internet enabling everyone to be connected peoples safety is slowly becoming unsure.  The UK is most controversial on this topic. This is due to how they are using the internet to record almost everything they can about each UK citizen. People’s information is being stored online on a massive network.  Anything from compulsory ID cards to NHS number. Information about their medical records or points on their driving license is being looked at. Having this information completely knocks out the idea of privacy of information and how we control our information not the people controlling the country as well.

Not only is it possible for people to access information about you but random members of the public are now able to hack into your computers and find all your details such as bank information and home address.

Entertainment and leisure

As the internet grows more and more sites are being published that are designed to distract people from the world and entertain or relax you for just five minutes. Sites like YouTube or Miniclip enable people to take a small break from work and relax while either watching funny/ educational videos or just playing small internet games such as cut the rope or angry birds. These sites make masses of money online from users accessing their website and improve the internet.

Some main advantages of entertainment on the internet is the ability to spend just five minutes just relaxing and getting away from work. This creates a more refreshed way of thinking for when they get back to work.

As well as entertaining customers these websites also create a vast amount of jobs. With YouTube becoming so massive they have to employ a lot more people to maintain standards on the site. Not only are people being employed to work for YouTube in offices but recently people are now being paid large amounts of money to keep making videos on the site. People now have the ability to work at home doing what they enjoy. Massive channels that started off as a hobby are now full grown jobs that need no other pay to pay for their living. This ability of working on what you enjoy and love means jobs have been even more accessible.  This is an amazing advantage as they create jobs helping people stop becoming unemployed so long as you have a camera and internet access.

With so many customers willing to buy the latest gadget or game, technology is being pushed to its limits on development and new developments are being made faster than ever before. This great technology advance means people are seeing innovative products being made that where thought near impossible. An example of this would be the XBOX Kinect. This amazing device enables people to have no controller for their games and instead use there hands and body gestures to control the characters.

Not only is technology developing much quicker but the price of equipment is dropping. People now have the ability to make and record their own music. This improvement itself means professional musicians have a tougher job than ever before to stay at the top of the charts as new musicians are making good music. This just shows that technology that was once expensive and only used by professionals is now being bought by the general public and great musicians are coming from those advances in music. With sites such as YouTube offering free video uploads people who make the music at home can now upload them unto the internet for anyone to view. Examples of this have now become worldwide and people now have become celebrities through this.


 
 

With the massive increase of smart phones and tablets the choice of what to buy online now has become so much wider. Customers now have the choice on whether to buy DVDs or music on digital or CD format. This choice enables people to have their own copy of a film or album on their phone and means they won’t lose it. With internet so readily available people are able to purchase these things online and not think about when they will arrive in the post because it will already be on their phone. With this ability of purchasing online smaller companies are able to make profit with distribution. Small TV companies can now access thousands more customers at a smaller cost through sites such as ITunes and Amazon. Production companies can now put there films and music up for sale on these websites at a much smaller cost than what it would have been if they had to produce CDs and DVDs.

With all these improvements in online buying less DVDs and CDs are being bought. Instead they are all being purchased in a digital format where they can only be processed on certain devices. With this improvement a smaller production of DVDs means people could lose their jobs due to lack of purchases.

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As more people go on YouTube or gaming sites more people are being distracted for longer times away from their work and duties. Bosses of companies are loosing more and more time from their employees as they play games. When Google launched their doodle to celebrate 30 years the total time spent on this special version of Pac-Man was over 4.82 million hours. You can only imagine the amount of people who played this game while at work. With so many hours being spent playing this game the amount of money lost through business would be astronomical.

With online gaming becoming so popular more and more people are being enticed to sit around on their games console and not go out and socialize. People are becoming lazier and are doing less exercise as they are becoming addicted to these games, as more countries become obese we are only helping ourselves to a unhealthier lifestyle.

As more files are uploaded unto iTunes companies like Blockbuster and HMV are finding that less people are coming into their shops. With all their films and music in the shop now being offered online for free or at a much reduced price people are given much better deals than ever before and this is driving people away from the classic DVD rental shops or Music stores on the high-street. High-street shops are now having to join them and go online but are losing their shops.

Most likely one of the biggest problems ever to face media is piracy.  Thousands of people are now finding piracy more tempting than ever and turning to it whenever they need an album or film. Film producers and music labels are now losing more money than ever and with more files uploaded each week it’s hard to know how much is being downloaded. Recently web browsers has started to stop piracy websites and now block them automatically before the customer even has a choice in if they want to access them. This advancement in piracy crime shows companies are losing more money than ever.