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 64%22%15% 48% 30% 22% 2030 42%27%32% 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 65% 64% Providing effect ive reskilling and upsk illing 60% 63% Improving talent pr ogression and pr omot ion pr ocesses 55% 62% Offer ing remote and hybr id work oppor tunities w ithin countr ies 55% 43% Articulate bus iness purpose and impact 50% 37% 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 Inability to attract talent to the industr y 60% 37% Skills gaps in the labour market 52% 63% Organization cultur e and r esistance to change 44% 46% Insufﬁc ient understand ing of oppor tunities 36% 25% Outdated or inﬂex ible r egulator y framework 36% 39%Wage outlook Wage trends Share of organ izations pr oject ing the shar e of wages and other for ms of workers’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 57%43%0% 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 40% -100% +100% 45% Talent development of ex isting workfor ce 25% -100% +100% 30% Talent r etent ion of ex isting workfor ce 65% -100% +100% 45%DEI Actions Share of employers surveyed plann ing to implement the d ivers ity, equ ity and inclus ion measur e 45 Global51 Run compr ehens ive DEI tra ining for managers and staff45 Global42 Set DEI goals, targets or quotas40 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 74 Global77 Resk illing and upsk illing your ex isting workfor ce to better work alongs ide AI58 Global69 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to des ign AI tools and enhancements appr opriate for the organ ization-spec iﬁc sk ills53 Global62 Hiring new people w ith sk ills to better work alongs ide AI2 / 2 Industry Proﬁle Real Estate Future of Jobs Report 2025 277