Gathered some eye-opening findings on AI skills that you can't afford to miss.
1. Before We Start:
👩🔬Who’s Behind The Report?
Authored by LinkedIn's Market Research Team and Data Scientists
Insights drawn from 950M+ Professionals on LinkedIn
📊 How Was the Data Collected?
Based on insights, surveys and indexes by LinkedIn
LinkedIn’s AI Skills Index available at a country level measures AI skills adoption rates
2. Scope of the Report
1. Intersection of AI and Work
2. State of Generative AI (GAI) in the workforce
3. LinkedIn's role in an AI-Driven World
3. Growing Demand for AI Skills
Job postings mentioning new AI technologies have increased 21x since November 2022.
4. Buzzwords in Profiles
75% monthly increase in members adding terms like "GAI," "ChatGPT," “Prompt Engineering” and "Prompt Crafting”
5. Fastest-Growing AI Skills in 2022
source: LinkedIn report
6. Global AI Skill Adoption
source: LinkedIn report
source: LinkedIn report
7. Occupations & GAI Augmentability
Let’s identify which skills can be augmented by GAI and which can't,
or... not yet (:
Occupation Share of skills potentially augmentable by GAI
Software Engineer 96%
Salesperson 59%
Customer Service Rep. 76%
Cashier 59%
Event Manager 39%
Teacher 45% For example: 45% of teacher’s skills support tasks where GAI could enable greater productivity (lesson planning, curriculum development, etc.), more than half of skills involves people skills
Occupation Share of skills potentially augmentable by GAI
Driver 9%
Nurse 6%
Environmental Health 3%
Safety Specialist
Oil Field Operator 1%
Medical Doctor 7%
Construction Specialist 11%
For example: only 11% of Construction Specialist’s skills support tasks where GAI
could enable greater productivity (construction-related drawing, Revit
software, etc.)
Here is the full list (LinkedIn report)
8. Executives Opinions
👔 What Do US Leaders Think?
47% believe using GAI will increase productivity
44% plan to increase AI use
40% see growth opportunities
9. Don't Forget People's Skills
92% of US executives agree that people skills are more important than ever!
Source: LinkedIn report
10. LinkedIn AI Initiatives
📝 Personalized writing suggestions for profiles [upcoming]
💌 AI-assisted messages for job seekers and hirers [upcoming]
📚 Over 300 new AI courses
🎓 Professional Certificate on Generative AI—free until 2025
11. My takeaways: Your Next Steps
1️⃣ Update your LinkedIn profile with relevant AI skills
2️⃣ Engage with top voices in AI on LinkedIn. [check my AI & Career Development Newsletter]
3️⃣ Check out LinkedIn's [or other] GAI courses.
Here is the full LinkedIn report.
Here is our post on LinkedIn.
Yours, Inbal Israeli Gaffa Co-Founder & CEO
InBe Tech
inbal@inbe.io