Sometimes an employee's ability to communicate efficiently with team members or their natural organizational skills are just as — if not more — important than the technical aspects of their job.
Forty-eight percent of companies are looking to
"The introduction of new technologies like AI has catalyzed the shift in demand for specific skills, requiring employees to deepen their existing skill sets or acquire new ones," Katrina Haggarty, a spokesperson from Business Name Generator, said in a release. "Many of these will be soft skills — the personal attributes and non-technical skills that describe how people work and interact with others."
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Seventy-one percent of
"Growing companies are looking to recruit staff with in-demand skills to ensure they address their changing business needs," Haggarty said. "Even though there is talk of AI and automation taking over jobs, the study goes to show that human skills are still invaluable in the eyes of employers."
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