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WHAT'S NEXT?: AI will replace 16% of jobs over the next decade. A billion people will enter the job market over the next ten years.

• [New] Dario Amodei of Anthropic famously warned earlier in 2025 that AI, and implicitly AI agents, could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs in the next one to five years. Wired
• [New] Home health aides and personal care workers are among the fastest-growing occupations, with more than one million new job openings projected by 2029. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] By 2027, AI is projected to initiate 95% of seller research workflows, fundamentally changing how sales professionals work. ThePromptBuddy
• [New] The PwC 2025 Global Workforce Hopes & Fears Survey found that about 54% of workers have used AI at work in the last year. Inclusion Geeks
• [New] 81% of C-suite executives plan to take deliberate steps to adopt skills-based hiring practices. Forbes
• [New] While growing conditions in some irrigated horticultural regions are expected to be less favourable in 2025-26, overall production is expected to rise, supported by increased bearing trees and greater labour availability. / Australia FTA Freight & Trade Alliance
• [New] Accenture reduced its global headcount by more than 11,000 to 779,000 in the three months to August, and has said it will cut jobs of staff it believes cannot be retrained to use AI. The Irish Times
• [New] A surprisingly strong employment report, paired with stickier-than-expected inflation, has swung consensus the other way: the Reserve Bank of Australia is now widely seen as having wrapped up its easing cycle for 2025. / Australia investing.com
• [New] Amazon workers warn about an all-costs-justified AI strategy. MarketingProfs
• [New] Queensland Rail will work with the third-party operator to confirm a recovery plan once inspections are completed. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• [New] The Royal Government maintains that the nationwide 5G deployment will strengthen economic resilience by attracting new foreign direct investment, creating high-value jobs, and enhancing Cambodia's regional and international competitiveness. Khmer Times - Insight into Cambodia
• [New] A Bangladesh-specific automation threat includes low-skilled jobs in areas such as sewing, cutting, clerical work, data entry, and simple customer service. The Financial Express
• [New] The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report notes that 44% of workers' core skills will be disrupted within five years, driven largely by AI and digital transformation. ETHRWorld Contributor
• [New] 80% of organizations will shift from role-based to skills-based workforce planning by 2026, acknowledging that job descriptions no longer reflect how work actually gets done. ETHRWorld Contributor
• [New] The message from researchers, analysts, and business leaders is consistent: The competitive advantage of the next decade will come from anticipating capability needs - not reacting to talent shortages. ETHRWorld Contributor
• [New] Manchester Piccadilly Transformation: A new underground station by 2050 will allow for increased capacity, supporting 40,000 new jobs, thousands of homes, and nearly a million square feet of new commercial space. Secret Manchester
• [New] By 2030, almost two-thirds of all workers globally will require training to either remain successful in their current roles or to start in an entirely new job. Skillsoft
• [New] More than 90% of jobs will not be fully automatable in the future. IFR International Federation of Robotics
• [New] Job Role Shift: By 2026, 40% of all G2000 job roles will involve working with AI agents, redefining long-held traditional entry, mid and senior level positions. IDC: The premier global market intelligence company
• [New] Automation and artificial intelligence could eliminate up to three million low-skilled jobs in the UK by 2035. ContentGrip
• [New] Between 1 and 3 million UK jobs, mostly in declining occupations like secretarial work, basic admin, and machine operation, could vanish over the next decade due to AI and automation. ContentGrip

Last updated: 08 December 2025