Future of Jobs Report: What employees can expect by 2028

How will the job market and the skills in demand there develop over the next five years? This question is addressed in the new Future of Jobs Report 2023, published by the World Economic Forum at the end of April. The report analyzes employers' expectations in order to identify possible socio-economic and technical developments and assess their impact on the job market of the future.

The results: Changes are primarily driven by the influencing factors of the environment, technology, and the economy. Adapting to climate change and new digital structures is creating an additional need for workers, while slow economic growth and rising costs are simultaneously causing other jobs to be lost. The introduction of new technologies is also listed as a key influencing factor: AI, big data, and e-commerce will play key roles in the transformation of the economic world. We were also interested in the following topics:

• Work-life balance: Employees in Germany are increasingly focusing on reducing their working hours. Alternative models are also frequently discussed. The Zeit (€) answers the question of whether more free time actually makes people happier than money.

• Heat transition: Six million heat pumps are to be installed in Germany by 2030 – at least that is the plan of the traffic light coalition. At the same time, plans are also being made to determine where the skilled workers for this will come from: table.media knows what methods the BMWK under Robert Habeck and the companies themselves are using to achieve this.

• Gender roles: Some apprenticeship professions are still heavily male- or female-dominated. However, the distribution is shifting more and more, as figures from the Federal Statistical Office show, as reported by Der Spiegel. For example, more women are choosing to train as farmers, while men are entering the hairdressing trade more often than in the past. However, some industries remain dominated by traditional gender roles, such as retail and the automotive industry.

• Trade unions: Although trade unions are important representatives of workers' interests, their membership numbers have been steadily declining in recent years. politik&kommunikation has analyzed why this is and how the unions intend to counteract it.

• Labor Day: To mark the holiday on May 1, the Tagesspiegel spoke with Green Party leader Ricarda Lang about wage differences, collective agreements, and the work ethic of Gen Z. The full interview is available here (€).

• Job satisfaction: According to a recent study, employees are more satisfied with their employers than ever before – and yet still want to change jobs. t3n (€) knows the reasons why.

• Application process: Around 60% of Germans have lied on their resume at some point, according to a study by the CVApp portal. Lies are particularly common when it comes to skills, salary, and job titles – with the proportion of lies among the men surveyed being around twice as high as among women.

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