Skills for 2030

As trends such as globalization and advances in artificial intelligence change the demands for the labor market, workers need to cultivate new skills to succeed. The OECD Learning Compass identifies three different types of skills that will be key in 2030: cognitive and meta-cognitive skills, social and emotional skills, and physical and practical skills.

• Computer technologies have created new employment opportunities for workers with non-routine cognitive skills, such as creativity, and social and emotional skills.
• To remain competitive, workers will need to acquire new skills continually
• Social and emotional skills can be equally important as cognitive skills in becoming a responsible citizen

A key assumption of this report is that artificial intelligence will not be able to compete with human creativity. Therefore, students and lifelong learners should focus on creative thinking as a key skill to stay competitive in the job market. However, since this reports publication, technologies such as large language models and image generation tools have become mainstream and are disrupting creative industries¹⁾.

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