On the other hand, skills that are core today, but expected to remain stable over the next five years without significant increase in use, displayed in the lower right quadrant, include empathy and active listening, service orientation and customer service and resource management and operations. Finally, the bottom left quadrant of Figure 3.6 highlights skills that are neither critical now nor expected to increase significantly in use over the next five years. While most of these skills remain important, they may represent areas where less investment is required, allowing employers to prioritize resources toward more rapidly evolving skill sets. Working with othersEngagement skills Cognitive skills Technology skills Self-efﬁcacy Physical abilitiesManagement skills Ethics AI and big data Networks and cybersecurity T echnological literacy Creative thinking Resilience, ﬂexibility and agility Curiosity and lifelong learning Leadership and social inﬂuence Talent management Analytical thinking Environmental stewardship Systems thinking Motivation and self-awareness Empathy and active listening Design and user experience Service orientation and customer service Teaching and mentoring Programming Marketing and media Resource management and operations Quality control Global citizenship Multi-lingualism Sensory-processing abilities Dependability and attention to detail Reading, writing and mathematics Manual dexterity, endurance and precision AI and big data Networks and cybersecurity T echnological literacy Creative thinking Resilience, ﬂexibility and agility Curiosity and lifelong learning Leadership and social inﬂuence Talent management Analytical thinking Environmental stewardship Systems thinking Motivation and self-awareness Empathy and active listening Design and user experience Service orientation and customer service Teaching and mentoring Programming Marketing and media Resource management and operations Quality control Global citizenship Multi-lingualism Sensory-processing abilities Dependability and attention to detail Reading, writing and mathematics Manual dexterity, endurance and precisionCore skills in 2030 Core now and expected to increase in importance Steady skills Core now, but not expected to increase in useEmerging skills Less essential now, but expected to increase in use Out of focus skills Less essential now, and not expected to increase in useCore skills in 2030 FIGURE 3.6 Source World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Survey 2024. Note The Future of Jobs Survey uses the World Economic Forum's Global Skills Taxonomy. Bold lines represent the median values across all skills.Share of employers considering skills to be a core skill in 2025 and share of employers expecting skills to increase in importance by 2030. Share of employers considering as a core skill in 2025 (%)Share of employers expecting increasing skills in use by 2030 (%)100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Skill differences between growing and declining jobs While a diverse set of skills is essential for navigating the evolving workforce landscape, contrasting the skills requirements particularly associated with growing jobs, and those associated with declining ones, reveals windows of opportunity that exist for enabling dynamic job transitions.37,38 Figure 3.7 illustrates these differences based on two metrics derived from the O*NET skills inventory:39 the “importance gap”, which measures how much more essential a skill is for growing jobs, and the “proficiency gap”, which indicates the level of expertise required for each skill in growing jobs compared to declining jobs. For example, a score of 2 in either metric means a skill is twice as critical or requires double the proficiency in growing roles. Future of Jobs Report 2025 41