What are the skills of the future?

‘Soft skills’ are more crucial to your career than you may think. We look at some of the most important professional skills you can attain to safeguard your working future

Ever worry about your career and the future? With ChatGPT, big data, cloud computing and advanced VR floating around, it’s understandable that most of us would feel just a little worried.

The truth is, almost every job and industry are set to be disrupted and transformed in the years to come. There’s no fighting that fact.

So, what do we do? Before panic sets in, let’s look at the facts. Experts at the World Economic Forum (WEF) have predicted that within the next seven years:

– 85 million jobs will be displaced because of technology.
– 1 billion jobs will be transformed by technology.
– As many as 133 million new jobs will emerge.
– 50% of the world’s workforce will need to be reskilled.

In the decades to come, these numbers will increase even more and the changes will be rapid. But the same experts agree that with this massive disruption will come an unprecedented need for new skills. Most of them will be known as ‘soft’ skills. And, finally, here’s the good news: these are skills you can build and acquire.

What are the skills of the future?