LinkedIn Shares New Data on the Most In-Demand Skills

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The world of work has changed!

No Sh*t Sherlock!

We all know that things have changed and moved on but it's important to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to your skills and which ones are key in landing you your next opportunity.

Data from LinkedIn shows that "skills for today’s jobs have changed by 25% since 2015 and that number is expected to double by 2027."  

Make sure you stay relevant to the job market!

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The Top In Demand Skills

In order to stay relevant in the current jobs market and ensure you have the skills employers are desiring, 'LinkedIn compared the top skills professionals had in 2015 with those for the same jobs today and identified the skills that rose to the top. The top 20 skills were featured in 78% of jobs posted globally on LinkedIn over the last three months.'

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“We compared the top skills professionals had in 2015 with those for the same jobs today and identified the skills that rose to the top - the top skills in demand today.”

(LinkedIn)

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Top In-demand Hard Skills

• customer service
• sales
• accounting
• business development
• marketing
• digital marketing
• social media
• strategy

Top In demand Soft Skills

• leadership
• communication
• problem solving
• management
• time management

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Top LinkedIn Learning Courses to Keep Your Skills Up To Date

• Customer Service - Serving Customers in a Continuously Changing World with David Brownlee
• Sales - Asking Great Sales Questions with Jeff Bloomfield
• Accounting - Lean Accounting Foundations with Joshua Rischin
• Business Development - Business Development: Strategic Planningwith Meridith Powell
• Marketing - Marketing Foundations: The Marketing Funnel with Brad Batesole
• Leadership - Leadership Tips, Tactics, and Advice with Elizabeth Lotardo & Lisa Earle McLeod
• Communication - Communication within Teams with Daisy Lovelace 
• Digital Marketing -  Digital Marketing Foundations with Brad Batesole
• Sales Management - Sales Management Foundations with Drew Boyd
• Problem Solving - The Secret to Better Decisions: Stop Hoarding Chips with Seth Godin 
• Management - Be the Manager People Won’t Leave with Laurie Ruettimann
• Finance -  Financial Basics Everyone Should Know with Michael McDonald
• Social Media - Social Media Marketing Foundations with Brian Huber-Honigman
• Sales & Marketing - Create a Go-to-Market Plan with Deirdre Breakenridge
• Time Management - Time Management Fundamentals with Dave Crenshaw
• Financial Analysis - Corporate Financial Statement Analysis with Earl Kay Stice
• Engineering - Python for Engineers and Scientists with Michele Vallisneri
• Strategy - How to Make Strategic Thinking a Habit with Dorie Clark
• Social Media Marketing - Social Media Marketing: Strategy and Optimization with Martin Waxman
• SQL - SQL for Non-Programmers with Julianne Thouin

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