New Global Research Reveals Employee Growth Is the Key to Business Resilience in the Age of AI and Workforce Transformation
ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) affiliate Right Management released "The Career Imperative: Why Employee Growth Is the Smart Bet for Business Resilience" on November 4, 2025, presenting global research that links career development to workforce agility.
Key data: 40% of today’s skills may be obsolete within five years; 39% of skills expected outdated in five years; 40% of employees have no career plan while only 4% have a clearly documented path; 20% say managers help map career paths and 15% receive clear organizational guidance; 35% are aware of available development opportunities.
The report urges flexible career pathways, skills-based mobility, manager-led career navigation, AI as a teammate, and embedded on-the-job learning as a roadmap for resilience.
ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) affiliata Right Management ha pubblicato "The Career Imperative: Why Employee Growth Is the Smart Bet for Business Resilience" il 4 novembre 2025, presentando una ricerca globale che collega lo sviluppo di carriera all'agilità della forza lavoro.
Dati chiave: 40% delle competenze attuali potrebbero diventare obsolete entro cinque anni; 39% delle competenze previste saranno superate entro cinque anni; 40% dei dipendenti non hanno un piano di carriera, mentre solo 4% hanno un percorso chiaramente documentato; 20% stimano che i responsabili aiutino a definire i percorsi di carriera e 15% ricevono una chiara guida organizzativa; 35% sono consapevoli delle opportunità di sviluppo disponibili.
Il rapporto invita a percorsi di carriera flessibili, mobilità basata sulle competenze, navigazione di carriera guidata dal manager, l'IA come collega di squadra e l'apprendimento sul campo come appuntamento per la resilienza.
ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) afiliada de Right Management publicó "The Career Imperative: Why Employee Growth Is the Smart Bet for Business Resilience" el 4 de noviembre de 2025, presentando una investigación global que vincula el desarrollo profesional con la agilidad de la fuerza laboral.
Datos clave: 40% de las habilidades actuales podrían volverse obsoletas en cinco años; 39% de las habilidades previstas quedarían desfasadas en cinco años; 40% de los empleados no tienen un plan de carrera, mientras que solo 4% tienen un camino claramente documentado; 20% dicen que los gerentes ayudan a trazar las trayectorias profesionales y 15% reciben una guía organizativa clara; 35% están al tanto de las oportunidades de desarrollo disponibles.
El informe insta a rutas de carrera flexibles, movilidad basada en habilidades, navegación de carrera liderada por gerentes, la IA como compañero de equipo y el aprendizaje en el trabajo como hoja de ruta para la resiliencia.
ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) 계열사 Right Management가 2025년 11월 4일에 "The Career Imperative: Why Employee Growth Is the Smart Bet for Business Resilience"를 발표했고, 경력 개발을 통해 인력의 민첩성과 회복력을 연결하는 글로벌 연구를 제시합니다.
주요 데이터: 40%의 현 기술은 5년 안에 구식이 될 수 있으며; 39%의 기술은 5년 안에 구식이 될 것으로 예상된다; 40%의 직원은 경력 계획이 없고, 단지 4%만이 명확히 문서화된 경로를 가지고 있다; 20%는 관리자가 경력 경로를 함께 설계하는 데 도움을 준다고 말하고 15%는 명확한 조직 지침을 받는다; 35%는 이용 가능한 개발 기회를 알고 있다.
보고서는 유연한 경력 경로, 기술 기반의 이동성, 매니저 주도 경력 탐색, 동료로서의 AI, 현장 학습의 통합을 회복력의 로드맵으로 제시합니다.
ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) affiliée à Right Management a publié "The Career Imperative: Why Employee Growth Is the Smart Bet for Business Resilience" le 4 novembre 2025, présentant une recherche mondiale qui relie le développement de la carrière à l’agilité de la main-d'œuvre.
Données clés : 40% des compétences actuelles pourraient devenir obsolètes dans cinq ans ; 39% des compétences prévues à être dépassées dans cinq ans ; 40% des employés n'ont pas de plan de carrière tandis que seulement 4% ont un parcours clairement documenté ; 20% indiquent que les managers aident à tracer les parcours professionnels et 15% reçoivent des conseils organisationnels clairs ; 35% connaissent les opportunités de développement disponibles.
Le rapport encourage des parcours professionnels flexibles, la mobilité fondée sur les compétences, la navigation de carrière dirigée par les managers, l’IA comme coéquipier, et l’apprentissage sur le terrain comme feuille de route pour la résilience.
ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) Tochter Right Management hat am 4. November 2025 "The Career Imperative: Why Employee Growth Is the Smart Bet for Business Resilience" veröffentlicht und globale Forschung vorgestellt, die Karriereentwicklung mit der Agilität der Belegschaft verknüpft.
Zentrale Daten: 40% der heutigen Fähigkeiten könnten in fünf Jahren veraltet sein; 39% der Fähigkeiten gelten in fünf Jahren als veraltet; 40% der Mitarbeitenden haben keinen Karriereplan, während nur 4% einen klar dokumentierten Weg haben; 20% geben an, dass Manager helfen, Karrierewege abzubilden, und 15% erhalten klare organisatorische Orientierung; 35% sind sich der verfügbaren Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten bewusst.
Der Bericht fordert flexible Karrierepfade, fähigkeitenbasierte Mobilität, von Managern geleitete Karrierennavigation, KI als Teamkollegen und auf der Arbeit eingebautes Lernen als Weg zur Resilienz.
ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) الشريك Right Management أصدر "The Career Imperative: Why Employee Growth Is the Smart Bet for Business Resilience" في 4 نوفمبر 2025, مقدماً بحثاً عالمياً يربط تطوير المسار المهني برشاقة القوى العاملة.
البيانات الرئيسية: 40% من المهارات الحالية قد تصبح قديمة خلال خمس سنوات؛ 39% من المهارات المتوقع أن تصبح قديمة خلال خمس سنوات؛ 40% من الموظفين ليس لديهم خطة مهنية في حين أن 4% فقط لديهم مسار موثق بوضوح؛ 20% يقولون إن المدراء يساعدون في وضع مسارات مهنية و 15% يتلقون توجيها تنظيمياً واضحاً؛ 35% يدركون فرص التطوير المتاحة.
يدعو التقرير إلى مسارات مهنية مرنة، تنقل قائم على المهارات، إدارة مهنية تقودها المدراء، الذكاء الاصطناعي كزميل، والتعلم أثناء العمل كخريطة طريق للمرونة.
- Research cites 40% of skills becoming obsolete in five years, highlighting demand for reskilling
- Report recommends skills-based mobility and platforms already reshaping talent development
- Provides a concrete framework of actionable steps for career development through 2026 and beyond
- 40% of employees lack any career plan, signaling weak internal career infrastructure
- Only 4% have a clearly documented career path, indicating low organizational career transparency
- 35% employee awareness of development opportunities suggests limited program reach
Following "The Career Equation: What Attracts Talent Isn't What Keeps Them," new Right Management report shows how to close the gap
Right Management, a global leader in talent and career management solutions and part of the ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) family of brands, today released the latest installment in its 2025 State of Careers series. The new report, "The Career Imperative: Why Employee Growth Is the Smart Bet for Business Resilience," builds on insights from the first report, "The Career Equation: What Attracts Talent Isn't What Keeps Them." It offers a data-driven roadmap for organizations to reimagine career development as a strategic driver of workforce agility and long-term business success.
As AI disruption, skills-based hiring, and evolving work models transform the world of work, the research reveals a widening gap between employee ambition and organizational support—and how closing that gap can unlock engagement, retention, and resilience.
"Career support is too often treated as an event, not a journey," said Caroline Pfeiffer Marinho, SVP and Global Business Leader for Talent Solutions Right Management. "Employees need space to test out new roles and skills to shape their own future, and organizations need aligned and engaged teams to thrive. This report shows how to build a culture where careers live and breathe as part of your business, because so does work."
Key Findings from the Report
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Career planning is broken: A staggering 4 in 10 employees have no career plan, and only
4% have a clearly documented path. -
Managers aren't guiding growth: One in five employees say their manager helps map a career path, and just
15% report receiving clear organizational guidance. - Learning preferences are evolving: Employees increasingly favor mentoring, internal mobility, and sponsored external courses over static training programs.
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Awareness is low: More than one-third (
35% ) of employees globally are aware of the development opportunities available to them. -
AI accelerates change: Within five years,
39% of today's skills will be outdated, making career navigation a business-critical capability. - New models are emerging: Skill-based structures and career navigation platforms are already reshaping how leading companies develop their people.
These findings highlight the urgent need for organizations to build cultures of continuous learning and growth.
"Across Europe and the world, organizations are facing rapid transformation — from AI disruption to shifting workforce expectations," said Barbera de Graaf, SVP for Right Management Europe. "To stay competitive, organizations must move beyond traditional career planning and embrace on-the-job learning and coaching as strategic tools. 'The Career Imperative' offers organizations a roadmap to build agile, resilient teams through meaningful career and skills support."
A Call to Action for 2026 and Beyond
To help leaders act on these insights, "The Career Imperative" introduces a forward-looking framework for future-ready career development, urging organizations to:
- Replace rigid career ladders with flexible career pathways
- Make skills the backbone of internal mobility
- Treat AI as a strategic teammate, not a threat
- Empower managers to become career navigators
- Encourage career experiments to foster agility
- Embed learning in the flow of work
To explore the full report and access actionable strategies, visit: www.right.com/state-of-careers.
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ABOUT MANPOWERGROUP
ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, and Talent Solutions – creates substantially more value for candidates and clients across more than 70 countries and territories and has done so for more than 75 years. We are recognized consistently as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality, and Disability, and in 2025 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 16th time; all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.
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