public funding for reskilling and upskilling (65%). Regarding business practices, 77% of respondents plan to enhance progression and promotion processes to become more attractive as employers. Moreover, an above-global-average share of employers operating in the country plan to offer remote and hybrid work opportunities and provide support for workers with caregiving responsibilities. By 2030, Sweden’s employers anticipate business transformation in response to broadening digitalization, demographic shifts and rising cost of living. About 50% identify aging and shrinking workforces in some parts of the world as a key trend, while 41% highlight growing working-age populations elsewhere. Only 5% of firms operating in the country expect hiring conditions to improve over the next five years, significantly below the global average. In response, employers are planning on enhancing talent progression and promotion processes, expanding remote and hybrid work options, and investing in reskilling and upskilling to increase talent availability. In Switzerland, continuous digitalization is seen as the key driver of business transformation by 2030, followed by climate mitigation and adaptation. This is reflected in 96% of companies expecting AI and information processing technologies to transform their operations. Workforce strategies are anticipated to focus on automation, upskilling, and hiring talent with emerging skills, with 73% of businesses actively integrating new technologies to complement and augment their human workforce. However, talent retention is seen as a concern, with 36% of employers expecting retention to worsen, nearly twice the global average. To address these challenges, firms in Switzerland plan to place a bigger emphasis on flexibility in the workplace than their global peers and to increase talent availability through remote work options across national borders and support for workers with caregiving responsibilities. Broadening digital access is expected to drive labour market change in Türkiye over the 2025- 2030 period, with firms operating in the country anticipating technologies such as AI, robotics and energy technologies to transform their operations. These expectations are reflected in the list of predicted fastest-growing job roles in the country, which includes Robotics Engineers, Renewable Energy Engineers, and Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Specialists. Employers anticipate 44% of on-the-job skills to be disrupted by 2030, higher than the global average of 39%. AI and big data, technological literacy, and networks and cybersecurity are identified as the fastest-growing skills in the country, in addition to a higher-than- average expected growth in the importance of multilingualism. In the United Kingdom, the labour market is expected to be influenced by increased digitalization as well as climate mitigation and adaptation efforts over the next five years: 56% of companies operating in the country anticipate seeing their business transformed because of increased investments in climate adaptation, a higher share than their global peers. Fifty-six percent of employers also expect geoeconomic fragmentation to impact their business strategy, compared to 34% globally. As a result of these perceived trends, respondents expect rising demand for skills such as technological literacy, AI, big data and resilience, flexibility and agility. Key job roles anticipated to see significant growth by 2030 include Big Data Specialists, FinTech Engineers, and AI and Machine Learning Specialists. Northern America Technological advancements, demographic shifts, and economic uncertainties are driving strategic decisions of companies headquartered in Northern America. A higher share of employers in this part of the world is evaluating options in both offshoring (23%) and re-shoring (19%), pointing to a possibility of wider global supply chain re-organization. Additionally, companies in the region share a higher-than-average focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, including through measures such as pay- equity audits. Only 35% of companies in Northern America anticipate an increase in wages as a share of total revenues (compared to 52% globally). As macrotrend-driven disruptions reshape the jobs and skills landscape, 67% of the workforce in the region is projected to require upskilling or reskilling by 2030, a rate exceeding the global average. Employers in Canada are anticipating an evolving business landscape marked by advances in digital technologies, geoeconomic fragmentation, and increased climate-mitigation efforts by 2030. Reflecting these trends, 97% of companies expect AI and information processing technologies to transform their operations. Robotics and autonomous systems, along with energy generation and storage technologies, are also expected to gain traction. Demand for job roles such as Security Management Specialists, AI and Machine Learning Specialists, and Software Developers is expected to be on the rise. To ensure a steady talent pipeline, employers in Canada are looking to bolster talent progression and promotion processes and investing in reskilling and upskilling. In the United States, technological trends and climate adaptation are expected to shape business and workforce strategies over the 2025-2030 period: 55% of employers highlight climate adaptation as a key trend expected to influence business models. Additionally, 94% of firms in the United States expect AI and information processing technologies to transform their operations in the next five years. Big Data Specialists, AI and Machine Learning Specialists and Data Warehousing Specialists are anticipated to be among the fastest-growing jobs in the country. However, roles such as Data Entry Clerks Future of Jobs Report 2025 74