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The need for rapid retraining and upskilling will only increase as industries, organizations, customer needs, and work norms continue to shift. Organizations have to rethink the boundaries of their current solutions to skills gaps. Rather than trying to read a crystal ball to identify the skills of the future or waiting for requests from business leaders for new skills, taking a dynamic skills approach leads to the highest likelihood of employees actually applying the skills they learn in their current roles.
Skills needed to succeed in today's work environment are changing rapidly as employees and organizations adapt to hybrid work norms. According to an analysis of more than 7.5 million job postings in the U.S., IT, finance, and sales roles required an average of 17 skills. At least eight skills that weren't previously required are now required in the same types of roles. 29% of the skills from an average job posting may not be needed next year.
