Future of Jobs Report 2025
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Upskilling and reskilling outlook
32 Global41
Would not need tra ining by
203035 Global29
Would be upsk illed in the ir
current role23 Global19
Would be upsk illed and
redeployed9 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
42%40%18%
48%
30%
22%
2030
29%40%31%
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
Flexibility on h iring and fir ing pract ices
50% 44%
Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing
50% 55%
Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing
50% 52%
Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems
50% 47%
Changes to labour laws r elated to r emote work
45% 36%
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
79% 63%
Organization cultur e and r esistance to change
42% 46%
Inability to attract talent to the industr y
33% 37%
Outdated or inflex ible r egulator y framework
29% 39%
Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e
21% 32%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
45%45%10%
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
70% -100% +100% 0%
Talent development of ex isting workfor ce
10% -100% +100% 55%
Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce
40% -100% +100% 40%DEI Actions
Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e
60 Global39
Pay equ ity reviews and salar y aud its55 Global48
Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and
progression initiatives50 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
75 Global77
Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting
workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI60 Global47
Transitioning people fr om jobs that AI w ill
cause to decl ine, to other r oles w ithin
your organ ization55 Global69
Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI
tools and enhancements appr opriate for
the organ ization-spec ific sk ills2 / 2 Economy Profile
EstoniaWorking Age Population (Millions)
1.0
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