O c t o b e r 2 The Future of Jobs

Current skills in focus of existing reskilling/upskilling
programmes
Share of companies surveyed identifying this skill as being in focus
across their reskilling or upskilling programmes
1.
Analytical thinking and innovation
2.
Active learning and learning strategies
3.
Leadership and social influence
4.
Critical thinking and analysis
5.
Technology design and programming
6.
Creativity, originality and initiative
7.
Complex problem-solving
8.
Technology use, monitoring and control
9.
Resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility
10.
Quality control and safety awareness
Responses to shifting skill needs
Share of companies surveyed
Expect existing employees to pick up skills on
the job
Retrain existing employees
Hire new permanent staff with skills relevant to
new technologies
Look to automate the work
Hire new temporary staff with skills relevant to
new technologies
Outsource some business functions to external
contractors
Hire freelancers with skills relevant to new
technologies
Average reskilling needs
Share of workforce of companies surveyed within this data
Projected use of training providers
Share of companies surveyed
41.5%
Internal learning and development
21.1%
External online training
17.7%
Private training providers
8.4%
Public educational institutions
5.9%
Public training providers
5.4%
Private educational institutions
2 / 2
95%
92%
84%
82%
67%
65%
56%
DURATION OF RESKILLING
Less than 1 month
24.2%
1 to 3 months
20.4%
3 to 6 months
18.9%
6 to 12 months
14.3%
Over 1 year