Report by Access Partnerships: “AI is reshaping work at a pace that most labor market information systems were not built to measure. Against this backdrop, the pressing question is not simply “who works where?” as it used to be in the past, but what people actually do, what skills they use, and how AI is changing tasks inside roles.
Today, many countries still rely on infrequent surveys, broad occupational categories, and siloed administrative datasets. That makes it harder to spot early signals of changing skills demand, target training investment, or support employers and workers as AI adoption accelerates.
Modernizing labor market data for the AI age
Our report, developed in partnership with Workday, helps governments modernize labor market data systems to better navigate AI-driven change. It establishes a global baseline across 21 countries, identifies system gaps, and sets out a practical pathway to strengthen readiness over time.
At the center is a maturity framework benchmarking countries across six dimensions of AI-ready labor market data: Forecasting readiness, Labor market granularity, Accessibility, Interoperability and integration, and Real-time responsiveness (FLAIR)…(More)”.
