The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 offers a clear message: the future of work is already here, and it demands new skills.
🌍 The Shift in Numbers
- 170 million new jobs will be created globally by 2030.
- 92 million roles will be displaced, mainly where tasks can be automated.
- Net: 78 million more jobs than today.
- But here’s the catch: 39% of core skills will change in the next 5 years.
In other words: your job title may remain, but the skills it requires will not.
🔮 The 10 Core Skills for 2025
According to the WEF, these are the skills that will matter most for workers in the AI-driven economy:
- Analytical thinking
- Resilience, flexibility and agility
- Leadership and social influence
- Creative thinking
- Motivation and self-awareness
- Technological literacy
- Empathy and active listening
- Curiosity and lifelong learning
- Talent management
- Service orientation and customer service
Notice how it’s not just technical skills. Human skills like empathy, leadership, resilience, and creativity are equally emphasized. The message is clear: to thrive in the AI era, you need both tech fluency and human fluency.
🚀 What This Means for PMs & Engineers
If you’re in product or engineering, this report isn’t a prediction — it’s a warning:
- Routine coding and reporting will be automated.
- The real value lies in orchestrating humans + AI, not competing with AI.
- The winners will be those who learn, adapt, and lead before they’re forced to.
🎓 How to Future-Proof with ClassX
That’s why we built ClassX. Our in-person, hands-on courses map directly to the skills the WEF highlights:
- Generative AI for Business Leaders → Analytical thinking, technological literacy, workflow automation.
- Product Leadership with Megh Gautam (Crunchbase CPO) → Leadership, talent management, resilience in product teams.
- Getting to Wow with Investors (Bill Reichert, VC) → Communication, influence, and creative thinking.
Unlike online tutorials with a 10% completion rate, ClassX offers immersive, high-engagement learning with an 85% completion rate.
Final Word: Don’t Just Read the Report, Act on It
The WEF is clear: almost 4 out of 10 skills needed in 2025 will be different from today.
The question isn’t if you’ll need to adapt, but how fast.
👉 Explore upcoming ClassX courses at ClassX.tech.
Because by 2030, the professionals who thrive won’t be the ones who waited for change — they’ll be the ones who prepared for it.
