The digital skills you will need in 2019
Digital skills are constantly evolving because of technological innovation. Here's the list the most needed hard ones for 2019.
Candidates, especially those from Generation X, often do not apply for job titles like digital marketer, digital analyst, digital consultant, digital accountant and digital product designer because they lack some of the digital skills that are most in demand in a whole range of industries. Digital skills are constantly evolving because of technological innovation and new market demands. Some of the trendiest digital skills considered vital today might have lost their appeal by tomorrow because of the fast technological curve.
Skills Gap
A skill is a particular ability that you develop through training and experience and that is useful in a job; both candidates and companies must remember that the development of both soft and hard skills require time and experience, and the same rule applies to digital skills.
There is a consistent gap between what organizations need and the proficiency of their employees in almost all hard digital skills: cybersecurity, cloud computing, analytics, web development, mobile application design and development, data science, big data, master data management, innovation strategy and user interface design.
The digital skills that companies need in 2019
The impact of the digital world in 2019 reflects not only on digital skills but also on soft skills. For example, the rise of AI is enhancing the importance of soft skills even more, considering that robots are not able to automate such skills. That is the reason why 57% of senior leaders assert that soft skills are more important than hard skills. Because of the digital transformation, some of the soft skills most in demand this year are: creativity, persuasion, collaboration, adaptability and time management.
Here are the hard digital skills that are most in demand in 2019:
- Cloud computing
- Artificial intelligence
- Analytical reasoning
- People management
- UX Design
- Mobile Application Development
- Video Production
- Sales Leadership
- Translation
- Audio Production
- Natural Language Processing
- Scientific Computing
- Game Development
- Social Media Marketing
UX design, social media marketing, globally connected systems and big data are just some elements that are causing the fast-changing digital world to require a set of skills able to manage complexity in a world that has shifted from a “command-and-control” model toward leaders who can coach and empower.
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