There is a difference between hobbies/sports and work.

We still have horse riding, but FedEx doesn't evaluate horse riding ability before hiring delivery drivers.

I'm not sure where you got that impression. The lowered attendance rate of in-person chess clubs is more than made up by the enormous amount of chess played online, high-level professional chess is doing better than ever, and it's seen by many parents as one of the most generalizable skills for a child to learn.

(It's possible I just took a joke too seriously, but "chess is dead" is a common and incorrect take.)