Industry Profile Global Employee (millions, ILO estimates) 1 / 2 Advanced manufacturing 29.9 Trend outlook Global trends and their impact on job creation Technologies and their impact on job creation Trends most most likely to drive industry transformation and their expected impact job creation, ordered by net Technologies most most likely to drive industry transformation and their expected impact job creation, ordered effect (share of organizations surveyed) by net effect (share of organizations surveyed) Job creator Job displacer Net effect Global net effect Job creator Job displacer Net effect Global net effect Investments to facilitate the green transition of your business Environmental management technologies (e.g. pollution abatement, recycling) -100% +100% -100% +100% 62% 70% Broader application of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards Big-data analytics -100% +100% -100% +100% 57% 57% Consumers becoming more vocal on environmental issues Climate-change mitigation technology (Alternative Energy, Greenhouse gases … -100% +100% -100% +100% 35% 54% Broadening digital access Power storage and generation -100% +100% -100% +100% 30% 50% Consumers becoming more vocal on social issues Education and workforce development technologies -100% +100% -100% +100% 29% 45% Increased adoption of new and frontier technologies E-commerce and digital trade -100% +100% -100% +100% 27% 32% Supply shortages and/or rising cost of inputs for your business Internet of things and connected devices -100% +100% -100% +100% -6% 31% Slower global economic growth Digital platforms and apps -100% +100% -100% +100% -53% 28% Role outlook Human-machine frontier Churn in five years Human-machine frontier 16% Five-year structural labour-force churn (percent) Tasks performed by humans and machines today and in 2027 (share of total) Global 23% Human Machine Industry Frontier Global Frontier Key roles for business transformation ALL TASKS Roles most selected by organizations surveyed (as either growing, stable or declining), ordered by net role growth, and their net growth and structural churn (percent) Now NET GROWTH INDUSTRY GLOBAL ROLES -50% 0 50% CHURN CHURN 69% 31% 2027 Forecast 30% 40% AI and Machine Learning Specialists 55% 45% 10% 25% Project Managers Workforce strategy outlook 15% 24% Business Development Professionals Talent outlook in 2027 Expected change in talent availability, development and retention in the next five years (share of organizations surveyed) 8% 17% Managing Directors and Chief Executives Improving Worsening Global average Global average 8% 24% Technical Specialists Talent availability when hiring -100% +100% 31% 40% 7% 15% Industrial and Production Engineers Talent development of existing workforce -100% +100% 6% 83% 10% 14% General and Operations Managers Talent retention of existing workforce 8% 19% Mechanics and Machinery Repairers -100% +100% 27% 48% Sales Representatives, Wholesale and 19% 14% … Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific 15% 17% Assembly and Factory Workers 18% 35% Administrative and Executive Secretaries 39% 42% Data Entry Clerks