
Future of Jobs Report 2025
The Future of Jobs Report, produced by the World Economic Forum, captures the perspectives of over 1000 employers, representing 14 million workers across 22 industry clusters and 55 economies. These perspectives are combined with data from Coursera, Indeed and LinkedIn. A key finding of the 2025 report is the impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) on the landscape of work, which is increasing at a rapid pace.
Since the release of Chat GPT in November 2022, investment in AI technologies has increased eightfold (WEF, 2025), and it is expected to have the largest impact on business in the next 5 years, according to 86 percent of employers globally. Interestingly, when looking just at Australia, this figure increases to 93.6 percent.

From automation to augmentation, AI is transforming industries, creating new roles and redefining the skills required to thrive in the modern economy. While it is projected that 92 million jobs will be displaced by 2030, this is counterbalanced by the creation of 170 million new roles. Technology is having a significant impact on the fastest-growing jobs of the future.

While there is uncertainty around the long-term impact of generative AI on the disruption of workers’ skills, core skills remain essential. Analytical thinking remains the top core skill identified by employers, followed by resilience, flexibility and agility, leadership and social influence, creativity, collaboration, motivation, self-awareness, empathy and active listening. The development of these “human” skills is becoming more and more important alongside technology skills.
The report also outlines other major drivers expected to shape and transform the future labour market, including geoeconomic fragmentation, economic uncertainty, demographic shifts, and the green transition. These are discussed in further detail in the report.
As students make decisions for the future, it is essential that they are aware of the impact of AI and grow skills in this area. There are many free courses available through Google, Microsoft, and Coursera that can help you build AI capabilities. Students are also encouraged to identify the “skills” they wish to develop when researching future options and tertiary courses, as we move from a knowledge economy to a skills-based economy.
Students can organise a Career Chat any time through Lampada here.
Mrs Vanessa Shirriff
Head of Careers Education