The Future of Jobs Report 2018
World Economic Forum,
Sept 25, 2018
I wouldn't necessarily expect 300 executives from the world's largest companies to have any special insights on the future of work (because they're pretty insulated from reality) but this report (147 page PDF) makes for surprisingly interesting, and occasionally insightful, reading. Some key points:
- "When determining job location decisions, companies overwhelmingly prioritize the availability of skilled local talent as their foremost consideration"
- "71% of total task hours are performed by humans, compared to 29% by machines. By 2022 this average is expected to have shifted to 58% task hours performed by humans and 42% by machines."
- "Global average skills stability—the proportion of core skills required to perform a job that will remain the same—is expected to be about 58%, meaning an average shift of 42% in required workforce skills over the 2018–2022 period."
- "Those most in need of reskilling and upskilling are least likely to receive such training."
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