As Back 4 Good rolls across the globe interesting discussions took place recently at the World Economic Forum’s Annual meeting .
With rapid technological advances and the digitisation of the workplace are making it harder for workers to match their skills with the requirements of their employers .

Will skills shortages varies from country to country the forum note that talent shortages exist in most countries with the OED reporting the following countries facing the greatest skill shortages ( in order of the greatest shortages )

1. Japan

2. India

3.Brazil

4. Turkey

5. Mexico

6. Greece

7. Australia

8. Germany

9. United States

10. Italy

11.Canada

12. China

13. France

14 United Kingdom

15 Spain

Of greater interest was the fact the the forum produced a report “The future of Jobs ” which revealed that by 2020 more than one-third of skills that are considered important in today’s workplace will have changed .

Top 10 Skills 2020

1.Complex Problem Solving

2. Critical Thinking

3. Creativity

4. People Management

5. Coordinating with others

6.Emotional Intelligence

7. Judgement and Decision Making

8. Service Orientation

9. Negotiation

10. Cognitive Flexibility

( Source Future of Jobs Report World Economic Forum )

To help address these shortages the report urges business leaders and Governments to take a proactive approach to developing the skills of the future .