Future of Jobs Report 2025

Upskilling and reskilling outlook 44 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203025 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role20 Global19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed11 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 47%28%25% 48% 30% 22% 2030 33%34%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 Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing 70% 55% Provision of r eskilling and upsk illing 55% 52% Flexibility on sett ing wages 35% 38% Flexibility on h iring and fir ing pract ices 35% 44% Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems 30% 47% 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Global ECONOMY GLOBAL Skills gaps in the labour market 59% 63% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 45% 46% Outdated or inflex ible r egulator y framework 41% 39% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 35% 37% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 35% 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 60%35%5% 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 45% -100% +100% 35% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 0% -100% +100% 75% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 10% -100% +100% 40%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 75 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives55 Global39 Pay equ ity reviews and salar y aud its55 Global26 Suppor t workers w ith car egiving respons ibilities AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 72 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI67 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec ific sk ills67 Global49 Re-or ienting your organ ization to target new bus iness oppor tunities cr eated by AI2 / 2 Economy Profile MalaysiaWorking Age Population (Millions) 17.2 Future of Jobs Report 2025 169