Future of Jobs Report 2025

Upskilling and reskilling outlook 41 Global41 Would not need tra ining by 203026 Global29 Would be upsk illed in the ir current role19 Global19 Would be upsk illed and redeployed14 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 40%34%25% 48% 30% 22% 2030 25%37%38% 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 59% 44% Fund ing for r eskilling and upsk illing 59% 55% Changes to immigration laws 50% 26% Changes to pens ion schemes and r etirement ages 46% 25% Wage subs idies 41% 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 62% 63% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 55% 32% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 41% 46% Insuffic ient understand ing of oppor tunities 41% 25% Outdated or inflex ible r egulator y framework 41% 39%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of wages and other for ms of workers’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 59%36%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 39% -100% +100% 30% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 5% -100% +100% 77% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 18% -100% +100% 36%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 61 Global42 Set DEI goals, targets or quotas61 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives57 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 82 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI68 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI68 Global47 Transitioning people fr om jobs that AI w ill cause to decl ine, to other r oles w ithin your organ ization2 / 2 Economy Profile Viet NamWorking Age Population (Millions) 63.9 Future of Jobs Report 2025 219