May 2023 Future of Jobs Report 2023 Appendix C Sectoral lens on skills FIGURE C1 Skill importance in 2023 Share of organizations which consider skills to be core skills for their workers (%) a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Environmental stewardship 11 44 10 10 4 26 14 18 12 12 18 23 20 18 8 8 19 18 Global citizenship 14 8 10 15 18 14 15 23 12 7 21 9 15 12 17 16 15 11 Ethics Curiosity and lifelong learning 26 52 48 55 54 44 53 55 53 46 36 50 60 59 50 52 41 36 Dependability and attention to detail 54 44 62 55 36 49 43 36 44 36 41 46 25 47 39 24 48 48 ficacy Motivation and self-awareness 49 44 71 65 52 52 42 55 56 35 57 53 30 53 44 28 63 66 Self-ef Attitudes Resilience, flexibility and agility 37 44 43 45 48 54 55 55 50 39 54 54 35 53 54 36 54 57 Empathy and active listening 31 32 38 50 50 44 41 50 53 38 43 45 25 65 46 36 53 43 Leadership and social influence 40 44 33 50 40 49 42 41 44 36 54 37 45 41 35 44 41 30 orking W with others Teaching and mentoring 23 12 19 45 36 24 17 27 24 15 36 21 35 29 29 20 19 21 Analytical thinking 49 40 71 60 70 71 82 77 68 73 75 62 55 82 75 52 68 61 Creative thinking 46 52 38 45 66 52 64 68 62 53 59 55 40 59 65 60 58 43 Multi-lingualism 37 28 33 35 28 22 21 14 32 24 25 23 20 12 29 28 27 27 Reading, writing and mathematics 26 20 33 20 22 27 25 18 15 19 25 26 25 59 31 16 25 34 Cognitive skills Systems thinking 29 32 48 40 58 33 34 32 32 42 30 44 50 41 33 24 19 29 Marketing and media 37 12 14 15 26 11 19 0 24 18 20 14 30 24 15 28 24 18 Service orientation and customer service 46 44 33 50 30 34 32 32 27 32 32 29 35 53 37 28 39 52 Quality control 46 52 52 25 32 40 31 27 47 26 52 45 25 53 35 36 31 41 Resource management and operations 34 40 43 45 22 39 26 23 29 24 36 42 20 35 27 12 24 27 Management andengagement skills Talent management 34 40 33 40 32 35 42 41 44 31 39 36 30 35 35 36 27 25 Manual dexterity, endurance Skills, knowledge and abilities 29 32 24 5 4 22 8 9 12 13 16 22 10 12 10 8 29 13 and precision Sensory-processing abilities 6 4 10 0 8 13 6 0 12 7 4 9 10 6 14 12 9 9 Physicalabilities AI and big data 17 16 43 35 38 27 45 14 18 42 25 23 35 18 35 28 24 18 Design and user experience 11 12 33 20 32 18 28 23 24 35 18 24 30 18 27 16 31 11 Networks and cybersecurity 11 16 14 25 10 20 22 14 15 29 14 16 10 24 17 12 10 4 Programming 9 12 29 10 18 12 23 14 6 38 18 18 35 12 27 4 10 11 echnology skills T Technological literacy 37 52 57 40 52 48 52 32 29 49 38 40 35 29 54 16 48 52 Share of organization 0 50 100 a. Accommodation, Food and Leisure g. Financial Services m. Media, Entertainment and Sports b. Agriculture and Natural Resources h. Government and public sector n. Non-governmental and Membership Organisations c. Automotive and Aerospace i. Health and healthcare o. Professional Services d. Care, Personal Services and Wellbeing j. Information Technology and Digital Communications p. Real estate e. Education and training k. Infrastructure q. Retail and wholesale of consumer goods f. Energy and Materials l. Manufacturing r. Supply chain and transportation Source World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Survey 2023. Future of Jobs Report 2023 79