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Accelerating Adaptability: 2025 Global Workforce Trends

- The top global future of work trends for 2025.
- Global research from 40,000+ employers and 12,000+ employees worldwide.
- Actionable best practices for HR and business leaders.

The Age of Adaptability is Accelerating

For more than 10 years, we have partnered with our clients to explore four underlying forces shaping the future of work. As we look ahead to 2025 and beyond, we examine how the pace of change will accelerate and what it means for employers and the workforce.
 
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The Expansive Workforce 
 
An increasingly diverse global workforce will impact the future of who is available to work, as well as when and how they’ll work. ​ 
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New Ways of Working
 
The world of work changed forever in 2020, and employer and individual adaptation to distributed models is still in progress ​ 
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Digital Transformation 
 
The democratization of AI is fast-tracking digital transformation and evolving the structure of organizations. 
 
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Accelerating Global Change 
 
In the Industry 4.0 era, organizations are coping with critical global talent shortages against a backdrop of geopolitical instability and environmental and sustainability challenges. 
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Jonas Prising

Chair and CEO, ManpowerGroup

“The pace of technological development coupled with the global prioritization of climate action is rapidly accelerating the transformation of jobs and skills. Organizations have a responsibility to their people and communities to provide transparency, upskilling, and dedicated career support to navigate this new era.”

The future of work imperative is innovation as global talent scarcity remains the constant in a period of accelerating change. Explore the full report to learn more about the key trends and workforce implications.

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