Artificial intelligence is driving a rapid evolution of skills necessary across almost every role in every industry. Gartner research found that in the past three years, 43% of employees learned a new-to-world skill, which is up from 34% one year prior. To reiterate, more than four out of 10 workers in the past three years learned a skill that did not previously exist in any context!
This means that HR professionals and anyone else who has a hand in hiring must proactively plan for rapidly changing skill set requirements, starting with adjusting job descriptions. A report from TalentNeuron, a market intelligence provider for HR professionals, states that:
- 82% of jobs had more than one-third
- 22% of jobs gained at least
- 73% of jobs had at least 40%
According to the report, AI will have the greatest impact on perception-related tasks (think combing through data for patterns) and judgment-related tasks (think recommending actions based on data analysis). AI has the most trouble with social-creative tasks that involve creating new ideas and engaging in interactions with others.
Managers who play a role in hiring should focus on cultivating social- creative and digital dexterity skills. An interesting note: By examining the percentage of skills in various jobs that require digital dexterity, TalentNeuron determined that marketing managers need a high level of digital dexterity, thus it is unlikely that technology will take over a large percentage of their job.
Download the TalentNeuron report, “Future-Proof Your Talent Strategy.”
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