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Realizing the Potential of Global Digital Jobs
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Realizing the Potential of Global Digital Jobs

World Economic Forum and Capgemini
World Economic Forum, 2024
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By 2030, approximately 92 million remote “global digital jobs” may be available to the worldwide labor force, meaning that workers, corporations, and nations could experience significant economic disruption. In this World Economic Forum white paper, labor experts Elselot Hasselaar and Anne Lebel offer a comprehensive analysis of the global workplace and the advantages, opportunities, obstacles, and externalities of global digital jobs. They examine the strategic and tactical architecture that countries and businesses will need to effectively engage with a remote workforce. Corporate leaders and business owners will find valuable insights in their detailed report.

Summary

A surge in “global digital jobs” will radically alter the labor force dynamic for nations, corporations, and workers.

Digital technologies are driving economic disruption in the global labor force. Innovations in artificial intelligence, communications, and information services are generating massive opportunities for remote work and the rise of global digital jobs. By 2030, the number of these jobs will increase from their current level of 73 million to 92 million.

From a global financial perspective, this growth in remote work provides a catalyst for transformational change in both advanced and emerging economies. According to the OECD, in the 2010s, open positions surged...

About the Authors

Elselot Hasselaar is Head of Mission, Work Wages, and Job Creation at the World Economic Forum. Anne Lebel is Chief Human Resource Officer at Capgemini.

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