The next billion workers: how can countries attract the global workforce of the future?

Apr 26, 2023

Government leaders must prepare now to attract the workforce of the future. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Johann Harnoss

Partner and Associate Director, BCG Henderson Institute Fellow, BCG

Janina Kugel

Former CHRO of Siemens; Non-Executive Board Member; BCG Senior Advisor, BCG

Marley Finley

BCG Consultant; BCG Henderson Institute Ambassador, BCG

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Exhibit 1: The talent pools that many countries have consistently drawn from will start to shift. Image: Wittgenstein Centre population statistics median projection scenario; UN bilateral migration data; BCG analysis.

Exhibit 2: The supply of internationally mobile talent will increase significantly in many emerging markets. Source: Wittgenstein Centre population statistics median projection scenario.

Exhibit 3: Country population growth and how it correlates with openness to explore new emigration pathways. Image: Wittgenstein Centre population statistics by highest education level; UN bilateral migration data; BCG analysis.

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