Jobs of Tomorrow Technology and the Future of the Worlds Largest Workforces 2025

Introduction According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025, technology changes are expected to be the biggest driver of labour market transformation in the coming years.1 They have the potential to create higher-wage, better-quality jobs, increase global productivity and exacerbate inequalities within and across geographies. The decisions made now and in the coming years will determine the future impacts of technology development.2 The Global Future Council on Jobs and Frontier Technologies is a multidisciplinary expert group tasked with identifying ways to harness technologies with labour market transformation potential to inclusively provide more productive jobs to the global workforce. While much of the recent debate on the future of jobs has focused on generative artificial intelligence (genAI), large language models and their impact on white-collar desk-based occupations, technology- driven labour market change is transforming occupations beyond this space. To arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of the changes under way, this white paper assesses the potential impacts of the application of four workforce-transforming technologies on seven job families comprising the world’s largest workforces. It aims to identify the greatest potential workforce opportunities and challenges. Future work from the Global Future Council on Jobs and Frontier Technologies will seek to understand how these opportunities can be realised, and how risks can be mitigated – providing guidance to businesses and policy-makers to enable higher productivity in workplaces worldwide. Four technologies will transform major workforces, creating opportunities but also risks that demand urgent action. Decisions made now and in the coming years will determine the future impacts of technology development. Jobs of Tomorrow: Technology and the Future of the World’s Largest Workforces 4