Do you believe it impossible for a robot to replace you at your job? A recent study by McKinsey Quarterly mentioned that nearly 50% of jobs employees are paid to do may soon become completely automated. Now, as much as 58% of tasks are done by robots.

This number may increase if robots advance quickly, with such technology as speech recognition. Perhaps the most surprising discovery in the study showed that a large percentage of people complete their work in a routine and fixed manner. Only four percent of people who are employed in the US complete tasks that demand a higher level of creativity. The study is different from previous ones that looked at automation by focusing on activities, not by occupation.

Automating tasks, in general, can and is transforming how corporations hire people. Most obviously, companies want to lower expenses. A study conducted by McKinley & Co…