LinkedIn's "Skills on the Rise 2025" report reveals a significant demand for soft skills in the workplace, with seven of the top ten skills being human-centric abilities. Career expert Andrew McCaskill emphasizes the inadequacy of calling them 'soft' as they represent crucial competencies in a rapidly evolving post-Covid job landscape. Notably, conflict mitigation has emerged as the most sought-after skill, reflecting challenges in workplace dynamics. The study highlights a changing office atmosphere and emphasizes the need for professionals adept at managing interpersonal relationships under pressure, particularly as confrontational behaviors have increased among colleagues.
"We do the skills a disservice by calling them 'soft' skills. These human-centric skills are really game changers as it relates to how we think about the skills you're going to need and work on a regular basis."
"In a rapidly evolving workplace post-Covid, seven of the top 10 skills in the study were soft skills in part due to the proliferation of AI, which made up two spots in the top 10."
"Conflict mitigation was the top soft skill on the list, partially due to changing workplace dynamics that have led to an increase in confrontational behaviors among colleagues."
"The people who can be calm in the midst of [those factors], the people who can keep their professionalism in the midst of that, those people are going to thrive."
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