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 57%25%19% 48% 30% 22% 2030 39%29%31% 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 Improving talent pr ogression and pr omot ion pr ocesses 61% 62% Offer ing h igher wages 61% 50% Suppor ting employee health and well-be ing 55% 64% Tapping into d iverse talent pools 50% 47% Providing effect ive reskilling and upsk illing 43% 63% 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market 57% 63% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 48% 46% Inability to attract talent to my ﬁr m 32% 27% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 32% 39% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 30% 32%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr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 57%41%2% 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 30% -100% +100% 42% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 5% -100% +100% 74% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 20% -100% +100% 49%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 55 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff41 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives41 Global33 Anti-harrasment pr otocols AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 81 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI71 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills60 Global49 Re-or ienting your organ ization to target new bus iness oppor tunities cr eated by AI2 / 2 Industry Proﬁle Education and Training Future of Jobs Report 2025 251