CareerScape 2025
CareerScape 2025 marked the starting point of the National Skills Council’s exploration of the “Skills Disconnect”, the growing misalignment between the skills people possess and the skills increasingly required across Malta’s labour market.
The discussions brought together stakeholders from the Education and Training, Health, and Social Care sectors to reflect on how workforce needs are evolving and where challenges in skills supply may be emerging.
By creating space for dialogue between industry representatives, practitioners, educators, and policymakers, CareerScape 2025 aimed to better understand the factors shaping skills misalignments, workforce pressures, and future skills needs in Malta.
Sectors Engaged
The 2025 edition of CareerScape focused on three sectors where workforce development and skills planning are particularly important for Malta’s social and economic landscape.
Education and Training
Exploring workforce pressures within the education system and the evolving
skills needed to support learning in a changing environment.
Health
Reflecting on workforce capacity, changing skill requirements, and the
pressures facing healthcare systems.
Social Care
Examining how demographic changes and growing service needs are influencing
workforce demand and required competencies.
Each discussion brought together professionals and practitioners with direct experience in the sector, allowing for practical insights into current challenges.
Discussion Approach
CareerScape 2025 used a World Café discussion format, a participatory method designed to encourage open dialogue and shared reflection.
Participants explored sector developments using the Futures Triangle framework, which considers three key forces shaping the future of work and skills demand.
Pull from the Future
Emerging trends, innovations, and developments that may influence the future direction of the sector.
Push of the Present
Current labour market pressures and workforce challenges affecting sectors today.
Weight of History
Structural factors, legacy systems, and established practices that continue to influence how sectors operate.
Diagram showing the Futures Triangle, as coined by the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.
This approach helped participants
reflect on both present workforce realities and future skills needs.
Findings
Three key findings stood out. While each sector discussion reflected its own realities, several common themes emerged across the conversations.
- Some sectors are becoming less attractive, especially to younger generations who value flexibility and clearer career pathways.
- There’s still a gap between how people are trained and what workplaces actually need.
- Digital, green and transversal skills aren’t developing as quickly as change demands.
From Dialogue to Action
CareerScape 2025 helped establish a structured platform for discussing the skills disconnect in Malta.
The insights gathered during these discussions contributed to a broader understanding of sector challenges and informed the continuation of the initiative.
Building on the reflections from the Education and Training, Health, and Social Care sectors, the conversation continues through CareerScape 2026, which expands the dialogue to additional sectors of Malta’s economy.
Explore more about CareerScape 2026 here
Explore more about CareerScape 2024 here