What skills do employers want?

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🕹️ The skills employers are really looking for

🙅‍♂️ 1 in 10 workers would quit because of THIS

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Skills

What skills are employers really looking for?

The top fastest growing skill in the U.S. may not be a surprise. “AI Literacy” took that spot, according to a LinkedIn report released March 19.

AI literacy refers to the ability to understand and leverage AI-enabled tools, like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, LinkedIn explained in its methodology. AI development is considered a separate skillset regarding the development and application of large language models.

Unsurprisingly, the list is heavy on “people” skills, such conflict mitigation (#2 after AI literacy), adaptability and stakeholder management. LLM development is 10th on the list, comparatively.

The top ten in-demand skills for U.S. workers, according to LinkedIn, are:

1. AI literacy

2. Conflict mitigation

3. Adaptability

4. Process optimization

5. Innovative thinking

6. Public speaking

7. Solution-based selling

8. Customer engagement and support

9. Stakeholder management

10. LLM development and application

To make the list, LinkedIn counted the rates at which members of the site were adding new skills to their profile, while hiring success was measured by “the share of a skill possessed by members who have been hired in the past year.” Emerging demand was another metric, which measured “the increased presence of a given skill in paid job postings.”

Work

1 in 10 workers would quit because of THIS

Of the 1,000 U.S. workers surveyed, 62% said they disagree with Musk’s weekly “five work accomplishments” edict, 30% said they would start job searching if their company implemented a similar policy and 9% said they’d quit immediately.

Apart from turnover, these kinds of reporting policies engender workplace dissatisfaction, employees said. Ninety percent of workers said strict reporting negatively affects the workplace, leading to lower job satisfaction (22%), a culture of fear (22%) and increased burnout (18%).

As far as the types of monitoring employers do, 1 in 5 workers draw the line at having their computer usage, emails and online activity monitored, saying it’s a violation of their privacy.

Still workplace productivity is on the rise and led by remote-only workers, according to a March 11 report from ActivTrak Productivity Lab. The average workday is about 36 minutes shorter than in recent years and 2% more productive. Workers also reported the highest level of healthy work patterns – 70% – in three years, ActivTrak said.

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