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changing world, as yesterday’s solutions won’t
solve tomorrow’s problems.
Time Management: a timeless skill;
mastering time management today will serve
you the rest of your career
According to Paul Petrone, editor of LinkedIn
Learning, this year’s list refl ects a change in
employers’ priorities. They will look for:
A Focus on Emotional Quotient: The
job interviews generally revolve around the
candidates’, choices, with whom and how
many people they have worked with. In 2019,
potential employers are expected to try out
ways to gauge the candidates’ emotional
quotient. As they increasingly believe that
the teams will be far more effi cient if they
have the EQ to navigate the workplace. The
technical selection process may seem shorter
in comparison.
Diversity and Inclusion: The voice of
diversity and inclusiveness will continue to
get louder in 2019. We may see changes as
the employers will make the environment
friendlier and more inclusive towards women,
persons with disabilities and other socially
disadvantaged segments.
India is focusing on the need for diverse
thought processes and a sense of security and
belonging at work. Jobs will be advertised to
correct disparities in hiring, for changing the
composition of teams.
Computational thinking is
a skill of the future. It led
to a new domain of virtual/
augmented reality which
enhances the environment
and calls for developers with
a creative bend.
them will enhance the career prospects for each
employee, irrespective of the function the staff
is deputed for.
Human Support
With the evolution of Industry 4.0, though
companies will pursue automation and invest
resources in going digital; it will create tons of
opportunities for the human support element
like think help desks for consumers or customer
success managers for businesses. The role of a
salesperson in delivering a technology product
or a technology-enabled service will include the
assurance of human support to the customer. As
an Organization, employer & employee need to
consider how they can become an expert in the
human element and increase their value.
The effect is both on Technical & Non-
Technical professionals:
a) Technical Professionals: as technology
New roles will be created in the AI space as it
touches our lives through multiple products and
services, that we use in our daily interactions.
With AI, businesses and products in integration
with AI subsets of Machine Learning and
Natural Language Processing will also catch
up the demand. is no longer limited to an IT business, a
technology professional may consider the
major advances in computing, security and
automation that opens new avenues, where
jobs exceed the available skills. In computing,
Cloud-based services, Edge and IOT are the
three steps that bring computing power
closest to the point of interaction. As aspiring
engineering students may need, upgrading
their current skill sets will help them to plan a
new career path.
Computational thinking is a skill of the
future. It led to a new domain of virtual/
augmented reality which enhances the
environment and calls for developers with a
creative bend. Cyber security will continue to be
of critical importance along with block chain, as
it offers an exciting career path.
Various aspects of work will be enhanced
by the technologies. Hence, familiarity with Automation has led to Robotic Process
Automation where the organizations will try
An environment with a diverse equal-
opportunity is the future.
Data to Intelligence & Learning
The growing market of AI will drive the Job
Market as the data scientists will be in demand.
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