Amid the short-term trend towards remote work, jobs themselves will change, requiring new skills and methods of attaining them. When thinking about growth prospects, a third of CEOs are extremely concerned about the availability of key skills. 17 It is hence important to dissect respondents’ attitudes towards skills training for the future.
Many studies and frameworks have already detailed which skills and jobs will see high demand in the future. 除此之外, four import ant nuances must be highlighted when predicting future jobs: course corrections in digitalization, the productivity paradox, the multi-faceted nature of “future resilience,” and the disaggregation of jobs and companies into skills and tasks.
Policies to prepare for the future of work span a交叉 work-sharing arrangements; redistribution; unemployment insurance; subsidies for work transition and technological adoption; increased minimum wages; dignifying care-related, 社会, and unpaid domestic work; as well as strategies for training, 基础设施, 和经济增长. 在过去的几年里, the Milken 研究所 has made many specific recommendations to prepare for the future of work, man y of which center on reducing inequality. These include strengthening business-education partnerships, financing access to education and skills training, catalyzing regional growth through targeted investments, and evaluating regularly, and all of them usually interconnect.
A hybrid workforce is the new reality: working with employees who are co-located in the same physical space as well as employees working remotely. This conversation touches upon the primary pillars that make the hybrid workplace fair and equitable.