Skills for an uncertain future: How youth can navigate a changing job market
As AI and rapid technological shifts disrupt the job market, experts advise young people to focus on adaptability and lifelong learning rather than seeking 'AI-proof' careers. Building a broad toolkit of skills is recommended to navigate the evolving labor landscape by 2030.
Why it matters
It addresses the growing anxiety among the youth regarding the long-term impact of automation on career stability.
Choosing a path for the future has never been easy, but for young people today, such rapid technological change as artificial intelligence (AI) is making it increasingly difficult to predict which skills will remain relevant in the years ahead.
Nearly 40 per cent of skills workers rely on now could change or become outdated by 2030, but Francesca Fanelli, senior associate director of Columbia University, has some tips:
Highlighting the importance of equipping young people with what is needed for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship, World Youth Skills Day , marked annually on 15 July, raises an important question related to its 2026 theme, Skills for the Shared Future : how can young people prepare for labour market needs that will continue to evolve throughout their lives?
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