LinkedIn has conducted a study using its own data to rank the top soft and hard skills for 2019. The results are found here.
The most in-demand hard skills:
- Cloud Computing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Analytical Reasoning
- People Management
Candidates with exceptional hard skills need soft skills in order to stand out and succeed in any of the above roles. In fact, 57% of leaders say soft skills are more important than hard skills.
The most in-demand soft skills
- Creativity
- Persuasion
- Collaboration
- Adaptability
- Time Management
Why these results mater?
Because they lie at the heart of what Digitalisation 4.0 is about: both hard and soft skills.