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 42%27%31% 48% 30% 22% 2030 28%30%42% 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 Suppor ting employee health and well-be ing 79% 64% Articulate bus iness purpose and impact 63% 37% Improving talent pr ogression and pr omot ion pr ocesses 58% 62% Offer ing h igher wages 58% 50% Tapping into d iverse talent pools 58% 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 64% 63% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 43% 46% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 39% 37% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 39% 39% Shortage of investment cap ital 39% 26%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of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 47%47%6% 8% 41% 0% 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 50% -100% +100% 33% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 17% -100% +100% 17% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 72% -100% +100% 28%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 67 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff56 Global39 Pay equ ity reviews and salar y aud its56 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 74 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI74 Global47 Transitioning people fr om jobs that AI w ill cause to decl ine, to other r oles w ithin your organ ization63 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills2 / 2 Industry Proﬁle Mining and metals Future of Jobs Report 2025 269