More than half of workforce will need reskilling by 2030

The World Economic Forum (WEF) suggests that the global workforce is hurtling towards a profound workplace transformation, which will require 39% of core skills to change by 2030.

- By Mzwandile kaBizokwakhe

In its Future of Jobs Report 2025, the WEF predicts that artificial intelligence (AI), green energy and the care economy will create 170 million new jobs by 2030; however, this new revolution will also eliminate 92 million jobs in other sectors.

However, the approximately 78 million net new jobs will be contingent on a massive global reskilling effort, which raises a critical question: Is today’s education system preparing children for this new reality?

The authors based their report on the views of more than 1000 global employers to conclude that the fastest-growing jobs will be in fields such as AI and machine learning, renewable energy engineering and cybersecurity, while clerical and secretarial jobs will decline.