Upskilling and reskilling outlook 32 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203031 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role25 Global19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed12 Global11 Would be unl ikely to upsk ill Human-machine frontier Human-machine frontier % of tasks completed by pr edom inantly people, pr edom inantly technology , or a comb ination of both Human Global Comb ination Global Technology Global ALL TASKS Now 48%33%20% 48% 30% 22% 2030 29%38%33% 33% 33% 34%Public policy Public policies to improve talent availability Share of r espondents who agr ee that the par ticular publ ic pol icy has the gr eatest potent ial to increase the talent ava ilability Economy Global ECONOMY GLOBAL Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing 54% 52% Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing 48% 55% Flexibility on h iring and ﬁr ing pract ices 46% 44% Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems 42% 47% Changes to immigration laws 40% 26% Key barriers for business transformation Transformation barriers Share of organ isations surveyed expect ing the barr iers w ill hinder the ir organ isation transfor mation Economy Global ECONOMY GLOBAL Skills gaps in the labour market 63% 63% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 41% 46% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 37% 37% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 34% 32% Insufﬁc ient understand ing of oppor tunities 27% 25%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of wages and other for ms of workers’ compensat ion as percentage of the company’ s total r evenues Growing Global Similar Global Declining Global 46%42%12% 52% 41% 8% Talent availability outlook Talent trend Share of r espondents who expect the ir talent ava ilability to improve or worsen in ﬁve years Improving Global average Worsen ing Global average Talent ava ilability when h iring 34% -100% +100% 26% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 2% -100% +100% 64% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 18% -100% +100% 32%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 74 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff62 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives58 Global42 Set DEI goals, targets or quotas AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 90 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI78 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills71 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Economy Proﬁle CanadaWorking Age Population (Millions) 27.9 Future of Jobs Report 2025 125