Hisham Sarwar
In order to stay ahead of the curve in 2019, you have to become smart in figuring out the most wanted skills by the companies and learn those skills.
LinkedIn has analyzed many job postings/openings from different companies to see which skills are needed the most in 2019. They’ve found, companies are looking for workers with both soft skills and technical skills.
“The skills companies need most” was determined by looking at skills that are in high demand relative to their supply. Demand is measured by identifying the skills listed on the LinkedIn profiles of people who are getting hired at the highest rates. Only cities with 100,000 LinkedIn members were included.
The best part is, LinkedIn Learning courses are also mentioned by LinkedIn and in January, they are all free.
The soft skills companies are looking for most in 2019:
Creativity:
Recommended Courses: Creativity Bootcamp, The Five-Step Creative Process, Creativity: Generate Ideas in Greater Quantity and Quality
Persuasion:
Recommended Courses: Persuading Others, Becoming A Thought Leader, Advanced Consumer Behavior
Collaboration:
Recommended Courses: Collaboration Principles and Process, Being an Effective Team Member, Business Collaboration in the Modern Workplace
Adaptability:
Recommended Courses: Strategic Agility, Developing Adaptable Employees, Developing Adaptability as a Manager
Time Management:
Recommended Courses: Tony Schwartz on Managing Your Energy for Sustainable High Performance, Finding Your Time Management Style, Time Management for Managers
Here are the hard skills companies need most in 2019:
Cloud Computing:
Recommended Courses: Learning Cloud Computing: Networking, Learning Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Developers, AWS for Architects: Advanced Security
Artificial Intelligence:
Recommended Courses: Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Machine Learning, Machine Learning and AI Foundations: Classification Modeling
Analytical Reasoning:
Recommended Courses: Making Decisions, Decision Making Strategies, Executive Decision Making
People Management:
Recommended Courses: Motivating and Engaging Employees, Managing Team Conflict, Leading with Purpose
UX Design:
Recommended Courses: UX Foundations: Multidevice Design, UX Design: 01 Overview, UX Research for Agile Teams
Mobile Application Development:
Recommended Courses: React Native Essential Training, iOS 12 Development Essential Training: 1 Fundamental, UI, and Architecture, iOS 12 Development Essential Training: 2 Web Content, Views, and Distribution
Video Production:
Recommended Courses: Foundations of Video: The Art of Editing, Video Foundations: Cameras and Shooting, Web Video for Business: Creating a Web Series
Sales Leadership:
Recommended Courses: Sales Coaching, Sales Management Foundations, Sales: Data-Driven Sales Management
Translation:
Recommended Courses: Communicating Across Cultures, Developing Cross-Cultural Intelligence, InDesign: Multilingual Publishing Strategies
Audio Production:
Recommended Courses: Digital Audio Foundations, Audio Recording Techniques, Tips & Tricks for Modern Producers
Natural Language Processing:
Recommended Courses: Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Thinking Machines, Creating Bots with the Microsoft Bot Framework, Part 2, NLP with Python for Machine Learning Essential Training
Scientific Computing:
Recommended Courses: Matlab Essential Training, Scala Essential Training for Data Science, Data Science Foundations: Python Scientific Stack
Game Development:
Recommended Courses: 2D Game Design and Development Essential Training, Careers in the Game Industry, C# for Unity Game Development
Social Media Marketing:
Recommended Courses: B2B Foundations: Social Media Marketing, Marketing on Instagram, Social Media Marketing: Social CRM
Animation:
Recommended Courses: Animation Foundations: Fundamentals, Animation Foundations: Gesture, Maya 2018: Bifröst Fluids
Business Analysis:
Recommended Courses: Business Analysis Foundations, Agile Requirements Foundations, Learning Digital Business Analysis
Journalism:
Recommended Courses: Ninja Writing: The Four Levels of Writing Mastery, Shane Snow on Storytelling, Editing Mastery: How to Edit Writing to Perfection
Digital Marketing:
Recommended Courses: Marketing Tips, Brand and Marketing Integration, Marketing Foundations: Growth Hacking
Industrial Design:
Recommended Courses: Industrial Design Foundations, Design Foundations: Prototyping and Manufacturing, Product Design: From Sketch to CAD
Competitive Strategies:
Recommended Courses: Developing a Competitive Strategy, Business Development Foundations: Researching Market and Customer Needs, Business Development Foundations
Customer Service Systems:
Recommended Courses: Handling Abusive Customers, Customer Service in Your First Retail Job, Building Rapport with Customers
Software Testing:
Recommended Courses: Test Automation Foundations, Behavior-Driven Development, Scripting for Testers
Data Science:
Recommended Courses: Data Analytics for Pricing Analysts in Excel, Data Science Tools of the Trade: First Steps, Data Science Foundations: Data Engineering
Computer Graphics:
Recommended Courses: Learning OpenGL, AutoCAD Mechanical Essential Training, AutoCAD: Advanced 3D Modeling
Corporate Communications:
Recommended Courses: Crisis Communication, Writing a Press Release, Public Relations Foundations: Media Training
