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 43%29%28% 48% 30% 22% 2030 31%35%35% 33% 33% 34%Business Practice Business practices to improve talent availability Top pract ices w ith the gr eatest potent ial to improve talent ava ilability (shar e of organ izations surveyed) Industr y Global INDUSTR YGLOBAL Providing effect ive reskilling and upsk illing 67% 63% Suppor ting employee health and well-be ing 62% 64% Improving talent pr ogression and pr omot ion pr ocesses 60% 62% Offer ing h igher wages 56% 50% Tapping into d iverse talent pools 50% 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 Industr y Global INDUSTR YGLOBAL Skills gaps in the labour market 69% 63% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 40% 37% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 34% 46% Inability to attract talent to my ﬁr m 32% 27% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 30% 39%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of wages and other for ms of workers’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 56%38%6% 52% 41% 7% 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% 37% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 2% -100% +100% 77% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 21% -100% +100% 54%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 57 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff49 Global39 Pay equ ity reviews and salar y aud its47 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 80 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI72 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 AI2 / 2 Industry Proﬁle Advanced Manufactoring Future of Jobs Report 2025 243