The 10 most in-demand skills of 2019, according to LinkedIn

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The 10 most in-demand skills of 2019, according to LinkedIn

This tight labor market has led many companies to become more open-minded when considering candidates. Companies includingGoogle, Apple, IBM and Bank of Americano longer require applicants to have a college degree. Instead of emphasizing the need

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This tight labor market has led many companies to become more open-minded when considering candidates. Companies includingGoogle, Apple, IBM and Bank of Americano longer require applicants to have a college degree. Instead of emphasizing the need for specific titles and experience, organizations are shifting towards a focus on the skills that a potential employee may bring. At tech companies like Facebook, this is especially true. "Skills really matter the most,"Janelle Gale,Facebook'svice president of human resources, tellsCNBC Make It. Her advice for workers interested in landing a job at an organization like Facebook is to focus on skills and apply — even if your resume does not exactly match the job description.

Abigail Hess @ABIGAILJHESS
Monday January 7, 2019

The United States is currently experiencingone of the tightest labor markets inhistory and many say thatthe country is currently facing a skills gap. According to theBureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. currently has over 7 million unfilled jobs.

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"We actually value skills over experience in the grand scheme of things,” she says. "Apply if you have the relevant skills even if you don’t have the right experience, because we’re looking underneath the surface for what’s really going to matter here and that’s what skills you can bring to the table.”

LinkedInrecently analyzed hundreds of thousands of job postings in order to determine which skills companies need most in 2019. They found that employers are looking for workers with both soft skills and hard technical skills and matched these skills withLinkedIn Learningcourses that are free for the month of January.

Here are the 5 most in-demand soft skills in 2019:

5. Time Management

4. Adaptability

3. Collaboration

2. Persuasion

1. Creativity

Here are the 5 most in-demand hard skills in 2019:

5. UX Design

4. People Management

3. Analytical Reasoning

2. Artificial Intelligence

1. Cloud Computing

Creativity and cloud computing came in first as the most in-demand soft and hard skills in 2019, according to LinkedIn.

According to Paul Petrone, editor of LinkedIn Learning, this year’s list reflects a change in employers’ priorities.

"Interestingly, the newcomers to our list were uniquely human traits: Among soft skills, creativity and adaptability joined the list for the first time, and among hard skills, people management was a new addition,” he tellsCNBC Make Itvia email.

"While digital skills like cloud computing and artificial intelligence topped the list of hard skills companies need most, the emergence of these three new skills suggests that employers recognize the importance of embracing modern technologies as well as recognizing those things technology can’t do: connect with other people, engage in out-of-the-box thinking and quickly adapt to new priorities or problems.”

By paying attention to in-demand skills like these, workers can make sure they remain in-demand among employers.

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