Skills empower workers in the AI revolution: First findings from Cedefop’s AI skills survey
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Skills empower workers in the AI revolution: First findings from Cedefop’s AI skills survey

This policy brief presents Cedefop's 2024 survey on AI in European jobs, which finds that upskilling, reskilling, and AI literacy are key to a human-centred AI revolution that boosts European competitiveness.

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Publication date
6 January 2025
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Cedefop
Industrial Ecosystem
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This policy brief identifies AI as a transformative general-purpose technology, highlighting that competing in the AI race requires significant investment in skills. It illustrates how algorithmic work is reshaping EU workplaces, with AI automating and redesigning jobs across industries. The brief emphasises the importance of widespread AI literacy to support the skills revolution and calls for raising the bar for trustworthy AI. It outlines the current state of knowledge on AI’s impact on jobs and skills and emphasises the need to bridge the AI skills gap. Policy recommendations include promoting inclusive AI literacy, empowering social dialogue in EU workplaces, addressing the productivity paradox, and fostering a human-centred AI revolution.

Skills empower workers in the AI revolution: First findings from Cedefop’s AI skills survey

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  • 27 FEBRUARY 2025
Skills empower workers in the AI revolution: First findings from Cedefop’s AI skills survey