Amman, August 14 (Petra) – Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) called for integrating future skills into education and training pathways as an “urgent” necessity to ensure Jordanian workforce’s capability to keep pace with the rapid transformations in the global labor market.
According to the JCI’s analytical report based on indicators from World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025, global labor market is experiencing a “radical” restructuring driven by five main drivers: Technological transition, green transformation, demographic shifts, economic instability, and geopolitical fragmentation.
The forum’s data indicates that more than 80% of organizations globally will be affected by these transformations by 2030, as a “significant” decline is forecast in some traditional jobs and emergence of new careers that require advanced digital and analytical skills.
The JCI said the fastest-growing jobs in the coming years are mainly big data specialists, financial technology engineers, and artificial intelligence and machine learning experts.
Meanwhile, jobs such as postal workers, cashiers, and data entry clerks are expected to drop due to automation and digital transformation.
The JCI analysis noted skills shortage in the labor market, which represents the “greatest” challenge to business development globally at 63%, directly impacts ability of productive sectors to develop and increase efficiency.
Citing solutions to Jordan’s skills gap as a national priority, the JCI noted developing the digital, analytical, and technical capabilities of industrial workers is “a prerequisite for increasing productivity, improving product quality, and enhancing their competitiveness in global markets.”
JCI indicated that enhancing industrial workers’ skills and integrating modern tools to absorb the digital and green transitions represents a direct investment in the future of national industry.
This effort would enhance its capacity to produce “more efficiently, create more quality products,” and achieve the goals of the Economic Modernization Vision, the report said.
The JCI recommended integration of digital, analytical, environmental, and mental resilience skills into Jordan’s vocational and university education and training programs, and curricula development to respond to requirements of digital and green transformation, with a focus on industries with expected growth.
The JCI also called for launching rapid training programs to enhance readiness of youth and current workers for future jobs and to strengthen partnerships among the industrial sector and educational institutions to align educational outcomes with market needs.
Additionally, the JCI urged action to invest in human capital and adopt a culture of continuous learning as the “key pillar for enhancing competitiveness of national products and opening new horizons for sustainable growth, given the changing global economic dynamics.”
//Petra// AG
14/08/2025 15:59:29
