October Update – Web Employment Trends

by Harshala | Oct 5, 2018 | Employment Issues, Industry News

What do we mean by employment trends?

A pattern of gradual change in a condition, output, or process, or an average or general tendency of a series of data points to move in a certain direction over time, represented by a line or curve on a graph.

This week’s blog we will seeing the latest trends in the employment (particularly for web professionals).

10 Workplace Trends in 2018

Dan Schawbel provided a forecast for the Top 10 workplace trends for the upcoming year. His purpose is to help prepare organizations for the future by collecting, assessing and reporting the trends that will most impact them. Obviously, most of these impact many industries (not just web professionals).

The top workplace trends for 2018 include:

Leaders encourage more human interaction
The next wave of learning credentials
Companies focus on upskilling and retraining current workers
Artificial intelligence becomes embedded in the workplace
Financial and mental wellness get prioritized
Employee burnout causes more turnover
Workforce decisions sway consumer behavior
Companies take diversity more seriously
The deregulation of labor laws
The aging workforce

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August Update – ‘Skills new hires should have’

by Harshala | Aug 3, 2018 | Employment Issues, Job and Resume Tips from the Pros

What work skills can make you more marketable to employers in 2018?

Change is always constant. So naturally, the job skills that employers look for in new hires change from year to year. It’s one of the best ways for companies to stay competitive and ahead of the never-ending curve. According to Julie Friedman Steele, board chair and CEO at World Future Society “The workplace moves rapidly and employers need workers who stay current.” That means you need to consistently improve your skills and develop new ones.

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Here are 7 work skills most employers look for –

Problem solving
Data analytics
Social media literacy
Creativity
Resiliency
Good business sense
Willingness to learn

This list comes from a good article covering 7 work skills which make you more marketable to employers in 2018. Note that most of these relate to non-technical skills. Those are assumed these days.

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