4 Critical Workplace Trends That Are Changing The Way We Work

LinkedIn’s ‘Global Talent Trends 2019’ report analyzes the changing employee-employer dynamics and identifies four critical workplace trends that are changing the way we work. Let’s take a closer look.

- Manav Seth

There is no denying the fact that the concept of workplace, as we know it, is undergoing a dramatic evolution. This expansion of the workspace that goes beyond the ‘norm’ to incorporate a diverse, talented, global, and multi-generational workforce has also facilitated a shift in what employees and employers expect from each other. LinkedIn’s ‘Global Talent Trends 2019’ report explores this changing employee-employer dynamic and dives deep into the trends that are transforming the workplace. Based on a survey of over 5,000 talent professionals in 35 countries, the report presents globally diverse and actionable insights on the most pressing contemporary talent trends. Let us take a closer look at the findings of the report, and analyze the four trends that are changing the way we work:

SoftSkills

In an age where machines and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are quickly taking over repetitive human jobs, the skills that are innately human will naturally be the most sought-after. With 91 percent of the respondents in the survey attesting to the rising importance of such skills, soft skills are rising as the most important skill trend that is changing the way we work. India is among the top countries where 95 percent talent professionals believe that soft skills are critical to the future of recruitment and HR.

While soft skills have always been important, they are indispensable in today’s age. This is not to say that the significance of technical skills is any lesser, but simply, that both will be on an equal footing. The same is evident from the fact that 92 percent of the respondents believe that soft skills are as much, or more, important than hard skills and 89 percent affirm that bad hires typically lack soft skills. Skills like creativity, persuasion, collaboration, adaptability, and time management are the most in demand, according to the report.