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The Skills Gap 2025: What the WEF Says You’ll Need to Stay Employable

From AI and data to resilience and influence—the mix employers say they need.

Updated October 11, 2025 ·

Rising skill groups

  • AI and big data, networks and cybersecurity, technological literacy.
  • Creative thinking, leadership and social influence, resilience/flexibility.
  • Domain depth with systems thinking and data fluency.

Source: WEF, Future of Jobs Report 2025 → PDF

Tech + human skills mix

Durable advantage comes from pairing technical literacy with decision quality, communication, and execution proof. Hiring signals emphasize shipped outcomes over certificates.

A 90‑day upskilling plan

  1. Instrument: add data/AI to a workflow; report impact.
  2. Secure: implement auth/logging/alerts; run a tabletop exercise.
  3. Communicate: publish a case study with context, decisions, outcomes.