Dreading AI job cuts? 5 ways to future-proof your career - before it's too late

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• The age of AI doesn't have to mean an era of unemployment. 
• Skill up in key areas, such as prompt engineering and data reliability. 
• Hone your communication, collaboration, and management capabilities.

As we discovered recently, it's hard not to feel anxious about the future of work if you're a mid-level professional.

Add qualitative evidence of fears about the ever-increasing use of AI to complete white-collar roles to quantitative figures of layoffs, and the result is simple: a growing sense of dread among professionals about the future of work.

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However, experts suggest the age of AI doesn't have to mean an era of unemployment. Here are five ways to ...