


To help you prepare for those opportunities, we’ve identified the top trending skills among professionals from digital skills like data analysis to digital marketing and programming. Identifying in-demand skills and learning opportunities - with 150M more open rolesĭemand for digital skills is increasing, and our data shows that nearly 150 million more technology-related jobs could be created globally in the next five years. To see what career you could transition into, get started here. We’re rolling out the beta of our Career Explorer tool globally in English starting today, with additional localizations and enhancements in the coming months. Our data also shows that 26 million members globally could have all the skills they need to qualify for one of the most in-demand jobs, customer service specialist, by learning just two more skills. has a 71% skills similarity to customer service specialist, one of the in-demand jobs we identified with Microsoft as part of our broader reskilling commitment, making it a possible career transition based on skills. Also, we’ll highlight connections who already have this job or can make an introduction.įor example, a food server in the U.S. Explorer will highlight additional skills you may need and LinkedIn Learning courses to help you get them. Our new Career Explorer tool can uncover careers you could transition into and might not have considered by mapping the skills you have to thousands of job titles.

Sometimes there isn’t a clear path forward. That’s where we want to help - providing job seekers with insights to identify the right career path, learning opportunities to get the skills they need, and a community to connect them to opportunities.ĭiscovering new career paths - and how to get there

Contrary to what people think, we know from talking to hiring managers that almost all of them (96%) would hire someone who had been laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.įor anyone searching for a job, the hardest part is knowing what to do next. We’re seeing people come to LinkedIn in record numbers to search for jobs, nearly 40 million each week, and despite a challenging job market, three people are getting hired on LinkedIn every minute.ĭuring this unemployment crisis, it's also time to change the stigma associated with unemployment. With 14+ million open jobs and a professional community of more than 722+ million people worldwide, we have the tools and resources to help many of those derailed by the pandemic reclaim their careers. LinkedIn is in a unique position to help. The economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to leave more than 140 million people out of work and another 1.6 billion at risk of income loss - with low-income workers, women and underrepresented communities the hardest hit.
