The World Economic Forum Top 20 Desired Skills List for 2025
According to WEF research, there are career fields that will fall away, or grow in demand, by 2025.
While many people instantly predicts computer science, AI and all things automation to dominate the future, the WEF list may come as a BIG surprise.
The skills that will put you in high demand by 2025 involve creativity, solution-orientated, analytical thinking and innovation. Many are also soft skills.
20 Best Skills for 2025:
1. Analytical thinking and innovation
2. Active learning & learning strategies
3. Calm under pressure
4. Complex problem solving
5. Social and influencing
6. Technology use, monitoring and control
7. Technology design
8. Technology programming
9. Leadership and management
10. Resilient
11. Reasoning
12. Problem solving
13. Innovative
14. Emotional intelligence
15. Creative, original and future thinking
16. Trouble shooting and user experience
17. Service minded
18. Systems analysis and evaluation
19. Persuasion and negotiation
20. Critical thinking
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