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 45%30%24% 48% 30% 22% 2030 32%33%36% 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 73% 64% Improving talent pr ogression and pr omot ion pr ocesses 65% 62% Providing effect ive reskilling and upsk illing 65% 63% Offer ing h igher wages 60% 50% Improving work ing hours and over time pol icies 52% 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 Skills gaps in the labour market 67% 63% Inability to attract talent to the industr y 42% 37% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 40% 46% Lack of adequate data and techn ical infrastructur e 37% 32% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 36% 39%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of wages and other for ms of workers’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%42%2% 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 57% -100% +100% 23% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 2% -100% +100% 70% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 17% -100% +100% 41%DEI Actions 1 53 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff46 Global48 Targeted r ecruitment, r etent ion and progression initiatives42 Global42 Set DEI goals, targets or quotas AI Strategy Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the stated strategy in response to AI's increasing capab ility and pr evalence 75 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI70 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills55 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Industry Proﬁle Production of Consumer goods Future of Jobs Report 2025 273