Four trends that are transforming the future of work in Portugal
An analysis of the key factors currently reshaping the professional landscape and employment practices within Portugal.

Latest news and stories about future of work in Portugal for expats and residents.
An analysis of the key factors currently reshaping the professional landscape and employment practices within Portugal.

In times of technological acceleration, the instinct of organisations is to seek clarity to define models, best practices, and stable answers. However, the deeper reality is more unsettling: the faster our tools evolve, the fewer certainties we have about the very foundations of work. HR Week Lisbon 2026, which will take place on...

When he took over the well-being and happiness department at the Lionesa Business Hub (LBH) in Matosinhos, António Pedro Pinto – son of Pedro Pinto, owner of the Lionesa group which includes the Lello bookstore – concluded that “paying well is not enough. You need to take better care” to increase productivity and retain talent in companies. He therefore decided to bring together...

If artificial intelligence promises a world of abundance, why does no one seem willing to experience it? Opinion by José Pedro Sousa

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang states that artificial general intelligence could be achieved in the coming years, though simulating the human brain will be significantly more difficult.

Tuesday, 7:30 AM. The alarm goes off, but there is no rush to leave the house. After all, work is just a click away. You open your laptop, turn on the camera and… there, you are 'at the office'. Just like yesterday. Just like the day before. Everything seems efficient, fast, automated. But, after hours of virtual meetings – just like yesterday's...

The way Artificial Intelligence is changing the job market and the importance of people in this process was the theme of the Epic AI Summit, a meeting organised by the Epic Talent Society, which Expresso is associated with as a media partner.

The academic and founder of Spark-X Augmented Intelligence explains how AI will change our relationship with time.

The Epic Talent Society is hosting the Epic AI Summit this Friday, an event for which Expresso is a media partner, aimed at debating the job market in a new world where Artificial Intelligence is everywhere.
A report published by Anthropic shows that the actual adoption of AI is still a fraction of what the technology is capable of doing. The effects, however, are already being felt.

Recent studies suggest that knowledge work, rather than manual labour, is most exposed to AI automation. While AI may increase productivity and change the nature of professional tasks, the ultimate impact on employment, team structures, and working hours depends on human institutional choices rather than technological inevitability. The challenge lies in avoiding the 'Turing Trap' by using AI to augment human capabilities rather than simply replacing them.

In three to five years, many traditional job pathways shaped by the industrial age will be unrecognisable or gone altogether. This reality raises a critical question for families and educators The post Educating in uncertain times… appeared first on Portugal Resident.

The skills that ensure employability are changing profoundly. It is no longer just about mastering a tool or programming language; it is about understanding technological ecosystems, thinking critically, solving complex problems and collaborating in increasingly hybrid and agile environments. In Portugal, as in the rest of Europe, the deficit ...

Statements from the key figures at the Now Next NOS Summit, which Expresso joined as a media partner, and which served to emphasise the growing importance of technology in the business world.

We enter 2026 certain that the workplace is no longer the place we once knew. The transformation of recent years, accelerated by a pandemic that forced people to find new ways and places to work, has led people—especially younger generations—to question how they worked and has ...

There is no turning back: technology plays an increasingly important role in how companies are organised and in the way people work. Those were the main conclusions of the Now Next NOS Summit, which took place this morning and had Expresso as media partner.

Will a plumber really earn more than a programmer in a labour market transformed by Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Pedro Soeiro Carvalho rejects that idea, but admits that professions like that will become increasingly sought after. In an interview with ECO, the World Economic Forum adviser also argues that careers will become ever more fluid...
