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Thriving after COVID-19: What skills do employees need?
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Closing the capability gap in the time of COVID-19
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Leaders would do well to develop their workforce’s digital, cognitive, social and emotional, and adaptability and resilience skills. As the chart shows, these skills will become more important in the coming years.
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By 2030, more jobs will require technological, social, and emotional skills.
Skill category
Change in hours worked by 2030, %
Skills
Physical and manual
Basic cognitive
Higher cognitive
Social and emotional
Technology
Skills that are becoming more important
–2
–14
8
29
48
General equipment operation and navigation
Advanced IT skills and programming
Entrepreneur-ship and initiative
Creativity
Basic data input and processing
Inspecting and monitoring
Basic literacy, numeracy, and communication
Complex information processing and interpretation
Leadership and managing others
Basic digital skills
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Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics; McKinsey Global Institute analysis