Economy Profile Working Age Population (Millions) 1 / 2 Italy 45.5 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 Big-data analytics -100% +100% -100% +100% 72% 68% Climate-change induced investments into adapting operations Encryption and cybersecurity -100% +100% -100% +100% 58% 59% Broader application of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards Digital platforms and apps -100% +100% -100% +100% 54% 48% Increased adoption of new and frontier technologies Internet of things and connected devices -100% +100% -100% +100% 52% 41% Broadening digital access E-commerce and digital trade -100% +100% -100% +100% 41% 39% Consumers becoming more vocal on environmental issues Education and workforce development technologies -100% +100% -100% +100% 27% 38% Rising cost of living for consumers Cloud computing -100% +100% -100% +100% -12% 35% Slower global economic growth Artificial intelligence (e.g. machine learning, neural networks) -100% +100% -100% +100% -48% 9% Role outlook Contextual indicators Churn in five years INDICATORS 0% 100% 20% Five-year structural labour-force churn (percent) Global 23% Labour force participation 52% Key roles for business transformation Roles most selected by organizations surveyed (as either growing, stable or declining), ordered by net role Vulnerable employment 17% growth, and their net growth and structural churn (percent) Share of youth not in employment, education, or NET GROWTH ECONOMY GLOBAL 20% ROLES -50% 0 50% CHURN CHURN training (NEET) Unemployment rate 8% 23% 24% Business Development Professionals Unemployment rate among workers with basic 12% edu. 15% 19% Mechanics and Machinery Repairers Unemployment rate among workers with 5% Client Information and Customer Service advanced edu. 16% 20% Workers Secondary Education Attainment 52% 11% 14% General and Operations Managers Tertiary Education Attainment 17% 15% 17% Assembly and Factory Workers Ease of finding skilled employees in local labour market 4.39 1=Companies cannot easily find skilled employees, 7=Companies can easily find skilled employees Business Services and Administration 19% 22% Fill vacancies by hiring foreign labour Managers 4.31 1=Companies cannot fill vacancies by hiring foreign labour, 7=Companies can fill vacancies by hiring foreign labour 21% 19% Accountants and Auditors Country investment in mid-career training 4.29 1=Government does not invest in mid-career training, 7=Government invests in mid-career training 29% 42% Data Entry Clerks Workers' Rights Index Accounting, Bookkeeping and Payroll 1 36% 29% 5+=No guarantee of rights due to the breakdown of the rule of law, 1=Sporadic violations of rights Clerks Level of National Compliance with Labour Rights 0 10=The worst possible score, lower levels of compliance, 0=The best possible score, higher levels of compliance