Industry Profile Global Employee (millions, ILO estimates) 1 / 2 Real estate 14.2 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% 73% 53% Broader application of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards Digital platforms and apps -100% +100% -100% +100% 45% 43% Climate-change induced investments into adapting operations Encryption and cybersecurity -100% +100% -100% +100% 44% 38% Consumers becoming more vocal on environmental issues E-commerce and digital trade -100% +100% -100% +100% 33% 25% Increased adoption of new and frontier technologies Power storage and generation -100% +100% -100% +100% 25% 25% Broadening digital access Internet of things and connected devices -100% +100% -100% +100% 5% 23% Rising cost of living for consumers Cloud computing -100% +100% -100% +100% -15% 20% Slower global economic growth Education and workforce development technologies -100% +100% -100% +100% -35% 18% Role outlook Human-machine frontier Churn in five years Human-machine frontier 27% 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 66% 34% 2027 Forecast 40% 24% Technical Specialists 58% 42% 24% 24% Business Development Professionals Workforce strategy outlook 18% 18% Lawyers Talent outlook in 2027 Expected change in talent availability, development and retention in the next five years (share of organizations surveyed) 17% 19% Accountants and Auditors Improving Worsening Global average Global average 15% 26% Construction Laborers Talent availability when hiring -100% +100% 36% 40% 11% 19% Architects and Surveyors Talent development of existing workforce -100% +100% 4% 68% 19% 25% Project Managers Talent retention of existing workforce 17% 14% General and Operations Managers -100% +100% 24% 40% Building Finishers and Related Trades 5% 17% Workers 7% 14% Real Estate Sales Agents Accounting, Bookkeeping and Payroll 6% 29% Clerks 33% 30% Strategic Advisors