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  "summary": "Some jobs will disappear, and others will emerge as the world faces a dual disruption, writes Saadia Zahidi of the World Economic Forum in their 2020 Future of Jobs report.",
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      "heading": "Overview and context",
      "content": "- Author: SAADIA ZAHIDI, managing director at the World Economic Forum and head of the Forum’s Center for the New Economy and Society.\n- Publication: F&D Magazine, \"The Jobs of Tomorrow\", December 2020.\n- Report focus: Maps the jobs and skills of the future, tracking change based on surveys of business leaders and human resource strategists; places pandemic-related disruptions in context of longer-term technology trends."
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      "heading": "Key findings (five things to know)",
      "content": "- 1. The workforce is automating faster than expected, displacing 85 million jobs in the next five years.\n  - Automation plus the COVID-19 recession create a “double-disruption” scenario for workers.\n  - 43 percent of businesses surveyed indicate they are set to reduce their workforce because of technology integration.\n  - 41 percent plan to expand their use of contractors for task-specialized work.\n  - 34 percent plan to expand their workforce as a result of technology integration.\n  - Five years from now, employers will divide work between humans and machines roughly equally.\n- 2. The robot revolution will create 97 million new jobs.\n  - New roles will emerge across the care economy, in technology fields (such as artificial intelligence—AI), and in content creation careers (such as social media management and content writing).\n  - Emerging professions reflect greater demand for green economy jobs; roles at the forefront of the data and AI economy; and new roles in engineering, cloud computing, and product development.\n  - Growth in roles emphasizing human interaction: care economy; marketing, sales, and content production; roles requiring ability to work with different types of people from different backgrounds.\n- 3. In 2025, analytical thinking, creativity, and flexibility will be among the most sought-after skills.\n  - Employers see critical thinking, analysis, and problem solving as growing in importance.\n  - Newly emerging skills this year include self-management skills: active learning, resilience, stress tolerance, and flexibility.\n  - Data partnerships with LinkedIn and Coursera enabled tracking with unprecedented granularity the types of specialized skills needed.\n- 4. The most competitive businesses will focus on upgrading their workers’ skills.\n  - For workers remaining in their roles over the next five years, nearly half will need retraining for their core skills.\n  - Public sector support for reskilling and upskilling of at-risk or displaced workers is insufficient.\n  - Only 21 percent of businesses report being able to make use of public funds to support their employees through retraining initiatives.\n  - Policy needs highlighted: provide incentives for investment in markets and jobs of tomorrow; offer stronger safety nets for displaced workers during job transitions; tackle long-delayed improvements of education and training systems.\n- 5. Remote work is here to stay.\n  - 84 percent of employers are set to rapidly digitalize work processes, including a significant expansion of remote working.\n  - Employers say there is the potential to move 44 percent of their workforce to operate remotely.\n  - 78 percent of business leaders expect some negative impact on worker productivity, and many businesses are taking steps to help their employees adapt."
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      "heading": "Implications and policy recommendations (as stated)",
      "content": "- Public sector must:\n  - Provide stronger support for reskilling and upskilling of at-risk or displaced workers.\n  - Provide incentives for investment in the markets and jobs of tomorrow.\n  - Offer stronger safety nets for displaced workers during job transitions.\n  - Tackle long-delayed improvements of education and training systems.\n- Businesses should prioritize:\n  - Upgrading workers’ skills and retraining nearly half of workers who will remain in roles over the next five years.\n  - Measures to help employees adapt to expanded remote working amid concerns about productivity.\n\nWorld Economic Forum: Future of Jobs Report 2020 — as summarized by SAADIA ZAHIDI in F&D Magazine, December 2020.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- وظائف الغد\n  - وظائف الغد (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - وظائف الغد (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- Wef Future of Jobs Report 2020 Zahidi\n  - Wef Future of Jobs Report 2020 Zahidi (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Wef Future of Jobs Report 2020 Zahidi (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- World Economic Forum: Future of Jobs Report 2020 – IMF F&D\n  - World Economic Forum: Future of Jobs Report 2020 – IMF F&D (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - World Economic Forum: Future of Jobs Report 2020 – IMF F&D (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- 未来的就业 - 金融与发展 - 国际货币基金组织季刊\n  - 未来的就业 - 金融与发展 - 国际货币基金组织季刊 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 未来的就业 - 金融与发展 - 国际货币基金组织季刊 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2020/12/wef-future-of-jobs-report-2020-zahidi"
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    "Publication: F&D Magazine, \"The Jobs of Tomorrow\", December 2020.",
    "Report focus: Maps the jobs and skills of the future, tracking change based on surveys of business leaders and human resource strategists; places pandemic-related disruptions in context of longer-term technology trends.",
    "1. The workforce is automating faster than expected, displacing 85 million jobs in the next five years.",
    "2. The robot revolution will create 97 million new jobs.",
    "3. In 2025, analytical thinking, creativity, and flexibility will be among the most sought-after skills.",
    "4. The most competitive businesses will focus on upgrading their workers’ skills.",
    "5. Remote work is here to stay.",
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