5 charts showing the jobs of a post-pandemic future – and the skills you need to get them

Oct 22, 2020

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By 2025, 85 million jobs may be displaced by a shift in the division of labour between humans and machines. Image: REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Kate Whiting

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How the jobs landscape will change in the next five years. Image: World Economic Forum

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