FUTURETALENTCOUNCIL2025TalentMarketOutlookHow the world' s leading employers, universities,and labor policymakers plan to act and invest in 2025
TableofContentWelcomeLetterOFMAbout The SurveySurvey DemographicsInside the 2025KeyCharacteristicsfor2025OrganizationalPrioritiesTalent MarketMajorTalentTrendsfor EmploversSkills DevelopmentOutlook ReportValue ofHigherEducationCross-SectorCollaborationHybridWork ArrangementsTheRoleofPolicymaking
Welcome!This report is Future Talent Council's-first ever- accumulatedovervlewof howour ecosystemof leadingemplovers.universitiesandpolleymakers areplaningto act andinvestInthe comingyearWe hocethatourclobaldata and anrualovervewcangrow intoakeypart ofyour annualcalendar and that thls work, bit by bht, can becomea valuable strateglc supportfor you, and your arganizationand opportunity around the worldYour accomolshments alonasidle fellowcorporate.ecucational andandworkinallvesofpeople fargeneratilonstocome,Were it not for my colleagues Alexa Zamfir, Emir Cetinel, and KarKwarnmark,this project wouldnot have happenedThankyouHere'sto2025!Daniel KjellssonDirector-General,FutureTalentCouncll
HansVestbergmanandCEO2About the ReportThiscomprehensive surnveyengaged-200senior leadersfromtheFutureTalentCoundl cormunity,representing employersacaderniaandpolicymakersacross47 countries spanning slxcontinentsPartici|pants responded to 3o targeted questions, includingopaen-endedandImultiple-chaicefommatsResultswerecolectedbetweenNovember4andDecember10 2024,Quriaibesurveyregornsas vere conpinertedby additional qualitative interviews.
SurveyDemographicsAglobalsphereofimpactThe respondentdemographicsforthissurveyreflect abroadHighereducationinstitutlons comprise the largest segment,HigherEducation45.7%peparatlonandwokfoce developmentterdsCorporationsmake upaclosely comparable 44.3%offeringperspedtivesonindustydemands and theevolvingnature oftheworkplace.Lasty,thepublie sector represents 10%ofrespondentscontributingwewpoints on pollcy and regulataryframeworksCorporation44.3%Collectively, therespondentsof thisreportinfluence 2.8millionstudents,16milionemployees, and24.9milloncitlzens,offeringa robust foundation for uncers tandling key trends in 2025
SurveyDemographicsGeographical distribution19%Thesurveyresponsesreflectadverseglobalperspective,withstrongrepresentationfrom malor economlc reglonsNorthAmeriea(4;3%)and Europe(24;%aprovitle inskghts fromwestermarkets,whllecontributionsfromAPAC(agta,MENA(E%), and SoutAmerica(25Ihiahlkchtevolingtalentrerds andregionaladapationsThis broad geographkal dstribution enables us to ldlentifyboth unlversaltrendsandregionalvarlations In approachestotalent development,Alintecration.,and workplace evolutionfor2025
SurveyDemographics29%RoledistributionDirectorLevel25%Thesurveyrespondents are predominantly senlarleaders withinthelrorganizations,withfcademicLeadershipaccountingforzg%,CarparateDirectorlevelfollowsat26%,and C-SulteexecutivesC-Suite20%represent20%Acditionally. VP and DepartmentHeadsmakeup15%Notably, Ihree-quartersof the respondenitshold senior leadershipposltlons offering hslkghts Into howarganlzations are preparing toadkdresst...
