According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report, up to 50% of all employees need to be reskilled by 2025. This was mainly due to the increasing job automation and the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report also estimated that by 2025, 85 million jobs will be made redundant due to machines.
On the bright side, by the time, 97 million new jobs will emerge and form a new division of work between humans, machines, and algorithms. Besides, it was estimated that 40% of the employees will need around six months or less to be reskilled.
The top 10 job skills of 2025 are:
1) Analytical thinking and innovation
2) Active learning and learning strategies
3) Complex problem solving
4) Critical thinking and analysis
5) Creativity, originality, and initiative
6) Leadership and social influence
7) Technology use, monitoring and control
8) Technology design and programming
9) Resilience, stress tolerance, and flexibility
10) Reasoning, problem-solving, and ideation
The pandemic had accelerated the adaption of online reskilling. Thus, there are more opportunities to reskill ourselves through online courses from renowned HR practitioners and universities such as Harvard, MIT, Oxford and many more. The time needed to reskill online could be found below.
Where to learn them?
Business Analytics Foundations: Descriptive, Exploratory, and Explanatory Analytics, available on LinkedIn Learning
Business Analytics for Data-Driven Decision Making, available on edX (By Boston University)
Learning Digital Business Analysis, available on LinkedIn Learning
Improve SEO for your E-Commerce Site, available on LinkedIn Learning
The Persuasion Code: The Neuroscience of Sales, available on LinkedIn Learning
Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills, available on Coursera (By University of Michigan)
Social Media Video for Business and Marketing, available on LinkedIn Learning
Adaptive Leadership in Development, available on edX (By University of Queensland)
Negotiation Skills and Effective Communication, available on edX
Relationship Management, available on Coursera
Many of these online resources are available for free. If you want to obtain a certificate for your CV or resume after completing the courses, the enrolment fees for these online classes ranged from USD15 to USD 160.
More learning sources could be found here: WEF
With an additional effort, new skill sets could be pursued, and more opportunities will be available for those who are well-prepared. So, let’s start the learning journey soon.
