Signal More than 70% of employer-sought skills apply to both automatable and non-automatable work

Summary

McKinsey research looks at whether the skills employers want will survive automation. It finds that more than 70 percent of the skills sought by employers today are used both in work that can be automated and in work that cannot. The report interprets this overlap as good news for most workers, because the majority of skills will remain relevant. What changes is where and how those skills are applied as tasks shift between people and machines. The finding supports the argument for redeploying and reskilling staff rather than assuming that automation wipes out existing capabilities.