Future of Jobs Report 2025

Upskilling and reskilling outlook 43 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203030 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role16 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 54%30%16% 48% 30% 22% 2030 46%28%26% 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 67% 44% Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing 58% 55% Improvements to publ ic educat ion systems 54% 47% Changes to labour laws r elated to r emote work 50% 36% Wage subs idies 50% 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 67% 63% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 49% 46% Inability to attract talent to my fir m 36% 27% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 36% 37% Outdated or inflex ible r egulator y framework 33% 39%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of wages and other for ms of workers’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 54%42%4% 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 42% -100% +100% 33% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 4% -100% +100% 67% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 25% -100% +100% 50%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 44 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff39 Global39 Pay equ ity reviews and salar y aud its35 Global27 Embed DEI goals and solut ions acr oss the supply cha in AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 58 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec ific sk ills58 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI58 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Economy Profile SerbiaWorking Age Population (Millions) 5.0 Future of Jobs Report 2025 191