The skills gap is so big that nearly half of workers will need to retrain this decade

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You can’t rely on much in the talent market this year. But one thing’s for certain: It doesn’t (really) matter what you do—as long as you do it well. 

Between the disruption of the pandemic, ChatGPT, offshoring, and wave after wave of layoffs, the job market is evolving more rapidly than most agile workers can keep up with. Nearly 70 million new jobs will be created worldwide, and 83 million will be eliminated by 2027, predicts the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Future of Jobs report. In the grand scheme of things, that means there’s little any individual worker can do to remain immune to shifting norms. But one thing they can do: upskill.