Skills employers want in the next 5 years
The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2020 (link) has some interesting observations on how the world of work will change in the next 5 years.
They list out the jobs they think will decline and the jobs they think will increase:
Jobs decreasing in demand | Jobs to increase in demand |
Data entry clerks Administrative and executive secretaries Accounting, bookkeeping and payroll clerks Accountants and auditors Assembly and factory workers Business services and administration managers Client information and customer service workers General and operations managers Mechanics and machinery repairers Material recording and stock-keeping clerks Financial analysts Postal service clerks Sales rep wholesale and man, tech and sci products Relationship managers Bank tellers and related clerks Door to door sales, news and street vendors Electronics and telecoms installers and repairs Human resources specialists Training and development specialists Construction labourers | Data analytics and scientists Ai and Machines learning specialists Big Data specialists Digital marketing and strategy specialists Process automation specialists Business development professionals Digital transformation specialists Information security analysts Software applications developers Internet of things specialists Project managers Business services and administration managers Database and network professionals Robotics Engineers Strategic advisors Management and organisation analysts FinTech Engineers Mechanics and machinery repairers Organisational development specialists Risk management specialists |
And they also report on the most important skills they see between now and 2025
- Analytical thinking and innovation
- Active learning and learning strategies
- Complex problem solving
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Creativity, originalist and initiative
- Leadership and social influence
- Technology use, monitoring and control
- Technology design and programming
- Resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility
- Reasoning, problem solving and ideation
- Emotional intelligence
- Trouble shooting and user experience
- Service orientation
- Systems analysis and evaluation
- Persuasion and negotiation
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The original report is here and yahoo has a good summary here