When the Jobs of the Future Meet their Key Competencies: An Exploratory Study to Align the Perspective of World Economic Forum and the Occupations in ESCO Database

The technological evolution and digital transformation that is being experienced across industries is motivating a paradigm shift in occupations and work. New skills are being valued for the labor market and new professions are emerging. Likewise, other functions and occupations have been highlighted as those that will be losing ground in the job market. This raises concerns about the ability of companies and economies to meet, in due time, the needs for the development of new skills and paths for professional education and training, as well as for the deployment of requalification programs for those who occupy the jobs that are disappearing. This data allowed for the development study for advancing the consistency in the terminology and the designations adopted for the jobs and competencies of the future by bringing together the list of jobs of the future proposed by the World Economic Forum, and the classification of occupations and associated skills developed in ESCO, the European Skills, Competences Qualifications and Occupations database.