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59 out of 100 employees will need training by 2030

From Delo · () Slovenian

Translated from Slovenian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Context piece
  • Rapid technological change, digitization and artificial intelligence are reshaping the skills workers will need by 2030.
  • Slovenia’s employment service expects continued demand for education, construction, transport, health care and household-support workers through 2039.
  • Employers say workers will need to learn and adapt quickly, while manufacturing will still require technically trained people despite automation.

Education may no longer provide everything a person needs for an entire career. In Slovenia, rapid technological development, digitization and artificial intelligence are forcing workers to update their skills continuously, while making it harder to predict which jobs will dominate in the future.

The Employment Service of the Republic of Slovenia has warned that new occupations will likely differ from what people learn during formal education. The Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities published an analysis in 2025 forecasting labour-market needs through 2039. It expects particularly strong annual demand for education professionals, construction workers, mechanical technicians, drivers, health professionals and household assistants.

New occupations will very likely differ from what we learn during the education process.

· Employment Service of the Republic of SloveniaThe employment service used the statement to stress the need for lifelong skills development.

The current market already shows a similar pattern. From January through July 2026, employers sought cleaners and household assistants, heavy-truck drivers, preschool teachers, teachers, nursing professionals and workers providing home health and social care. The employment service said the biggest shortages are in health care, education, personal services and technical occupations such as welders and CNC operators.

The biggest shortages in the labour market today are mainly in health care, education, personal services and technical occupations.

· Employment Service of the Republic of SloveniaThe service identified the sectors with the most significant current labour shortages.

The decisive skill in the future may not be how much a worker already knows, but how quickly that person can learn and adapt. Anisa Faganelj, head of human resources at Leone, said manufacturing will continue to need people even as automation and robotics expand. Modern production lines still require workers to operate, configure and monitor equipment, identify deviations and respond appropriately.

Faganelj said the economy will need more than highly educated specialists. It will also need technically skilled workers with secondary vocational and professional training who can apply modern technology directly in production.

Manufacturing will also need people in the future, but their roles and skills will change.

· Anisa FaganeljLeone’s head of human resources described the continuing need for workers despite automation.
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Originally published by Delo in Slovenian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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