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EU for Jobs: Predict the skills of the future
How the national Public Employment Services (PES) are using data and skills-based matching to respond to digital, demographic and green transitions.
Europe’s labour markets are entering a phase in which employment policy can no longer rely only on traditional job categories. Digital technologies, artificial intelligence, demographic pressures and the green transition are changing the skills required across sectors. Public Employment Services are therefore beginning to use data-driven tools, vacancy analysis and skills-based matching to anticipate future labour demand and design more responsive training policies.
By A. Durand, eEuropa
Brussels, 3 June 2026 - 6 MINUTES READ
Brussels, 3 June 2026 - 6 MINUTES READ
Europe’s labour market is changing faster than many employment and training systems were designed to manage. Digitalisation, A.I., demographic change and the green transition are reshaping job requirements across almost every sector. The issue is no longer only whether new jobs will be created or old jobs will disappear. The deeper question is whether workers, employers and public institutions can identify the skills that will matter before shortages become structural.
This is why skills intelligence is becoming a strategic tool for employment policy. Traditional labour-market analysis has often focused on occupations, qualifications and sectors. These indicators remain useful, but they are increasingly insufficient.
This is why skills intelligence is becoming a strategic tool for employment policy. Traditional labour-market analysis has often focused on occupations, qualifications and sectors. These indicators remain useful, but they are increasingly insufficient.
