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 53%30%17% 48% 30% 22% 2030 34%39%27% 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 80% 62% Providing effect ive reskilling and upsk illing 80% 63% Suppor ting employee health and well-be ing 65% 64% Offer ing h igher wages 48% 50% Improving work ing hours and over time pol icies 40% 38% 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Global INDUSTR YGLOBAL Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 68% 46% Skills gaps in the labour market 52% 63% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 52% 39% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 41% 32% Shortage of investment cap ital 36% 26%Wage outlook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 52%38%10% 8% 52% 41% 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 23% -100% +100% 3% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 33% -100% +100% 20% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 48% -100% +100% 25%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 50 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff48 Global33 Anti-harrasment pr otocols43 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 84 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI76 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills63 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Industry Proﬁle Government and Public sector Future of Jobs Report 2025 259