alongside AI and big data and technological literacy. New job roles are expected to be created for AI and Machine Learning Specialists and Data Analysts and Scientists. Anticipated workforce strategies in the sector are oriented toward upskilling, with 96% of firms planning on investing in workforce development (compared to 85% across all industries), as well as accelerating automation and augmenting their human workforce with new technologies. Industry transformation in the Production of Consumer Goods sector is foreseen to be influenced in particular by rising cost of living and increased investments in carbon reduction over the next five years. Additionally, the industry predicts a need to take into account growing focus on emerging labour and social issues (highlighted by 58% of firms, compared to the 46% global industry average). Companies are anticipating actively adopting advanced technologies, with higher-than- average uptake of robots and autonomous systems (71%, compared to 58% across all sectors) and new materials and composites (61%, compared to 30%). However, 56% of employers expect talent availability to become more difficult in the next five years. To address talent shortages, companies are planning on supporting workers’ health and well- being (73%) and improving working hours (52%), while they see potential in public policy support with regard to flexibility in hiring and firing, flexibility in setting wages, and reforming immigration laws. By 2030, firms in the Professional Services sector expect continued digitalization, rising cost of living and increased focus on labour and social issues to impact industry transformation. Workforce strategies anticipated for the sector emphasize upskilling, hiring talent with emerging skills, and augmenting the human workforce with new technologies. There is also expected to be a higher focus on reducing job roles with outdated skills, with 48% of companies envisaging prioritizing this approach (compared to 40% across all industries). One in five employers plan to move operations closer to their headquarter location through re- shoring or near-shoring. Big Data Specialists and AI and Machine Learning Specialists are among the job roles with the larges projected industry demand, while AI and big data, technological literacy, creative thinking, and cybersecurity are leading the list of skills seen as increasingly in use over the next five years. Business cycle uncertainty, in terms of both economic growth and inflation, are expected to particularly impact the transformation of the Real Estate industry in the next five years. To react to an evolving landscape, companies plan to adapt their workforce strategies, prioritizing upskilling and reskilling and hiring new talent with relevant skills. Emerging job roles in the industry are foreseen to include AI and Machine Learning Specialists and Business Development Professionals. Demand for AI and big data skills, creative thinking, and curiosity and lifelong learning is projected to grow across all industry roles. Sixty percent of employers highlight the sector’s inability to attract talent as a key barrier to transformation by 2030. To increase industry attractiveness, a majority of companies intends to support employee health and well-being and provide better training opportunities, as only 34% of Future of Jobs Report 2025 88