PLEASANTON, Calif., March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the AI platform for managing people and money, today released “The Global State of Skills”, revealing a pressing challenge for businesses worldwide: More than half (51%) of business leaders are worried about future talent shortages, and only 32% are confident their organization has the skills needed for long-term success.
As AI transforms industries, the skills required to thrive in the workforce are evolving fast. However, many organizations lack visibility into the existing capabilities of their people – only 54% of leaders say they have a clear view of the skills within their workforce today.
This growing uncertainty is exposing the limitations of traditional talent management approaches that focus on job titles, degrees, and previous companies worked for. In response, organizations are accelerating a shift to skills-based talent strategies, which prioritize an individual’s capabilities over traditional credentials and provide a more agile, data-driven approach to hiring, developing, and deploying talent.
