Deep Dive: Sustainable Futures

Future-Proofing Your Career: Navigating Jobs and Skills in the 2025 Economy


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This episode unpacks the key insights from the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025, providing a comprehensive look at the transforming world of work. We analyze the macrotrends driving labour-market transformation, including the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and its expected influence on job roles and required skills up to 2030. We explore the skills outlook, contrasting the skills needed for growing and declining jobs to identify opportunities for job transitions. Understand why analytical thinking and resilience are considered top core skills by employers today, and which skills, like AI and big data and leadership and social influence, are expected to see the most substantial increase in importance. We also delve into the critical need for reskilling and upskilling strategies, with employers increasingly investing in training initiatives. Gain insights into the barriers to organizational transformation nd the workforce strategies companies plan to adopt. We reference the World Economic Forum’s Global Skills Taxonomy to provide a structured understanding of the evolving skill landscape, helping individuals and organizations prepare for the future economy

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Deep Dive: Sustainable FuturesBy Iman Sheikh Ansari