Michelle ThompsonAccording to LinkedIn, the largest professional network in the world, the skills required for occupations around the world are predicted to change by at least 65 percent by 2030 as rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) accelerate workplace change.
Changes are already happening, according to a statement released by LinkedIn on Wednesday. In the previous two years, job postings referencing AI or Generative AI have increased by more than 2.2 times internationally.
Additionally, over the last two years, job posts mentioning AI or Gen AI have seen their applications grow by 1.9 times in Australia, 2.1 times in India, 1.6 times in Japan, and 1.7 times in SEA, compared to the growth of job posts that do not mention them. This is according to LinkedIn’s most recent Global Talent Trends Report (Australia, India, Southeast Asia [SEA]).
According to LinkedIn research, the majority of professionals in Asia Pacific (APAC) are eager to employ AI at work (Australia: 84%, Singapore: 97%, India: 98%, Indonesia: 99%), the Philippines: 97%, Malaysia: 96%), and Japan: 75%.
In the meantime, many are looking forward to using AI to handle challenging work situations (Australia: 54%, Singapore: 69%, India: 75%, Indonesia: 67%, the Philippines: 65%, Malaysia: 69%) or seek career advice (Australia: 49%, Singapore: 69%, India: 75%, Indonesia: 67%, the Philippines: 65%, Malaysia: 60%).
According to LinkedIn, corporate leaders are looking to their recruitment and human resources departments to set the example for preparing their employees for the changes that are coming.
Specifically, in the area of talent acquisition, nine out of 10 talent professionals feel their position has become more strategic in the past year (Australia: 88 percent, India: 92 percent, and SEA: 95 percent).
In order to free up human resource personnel to concentrate on their responsibilities, it was stated that AI will be a vital tool for doing some of the grunt labor.
The majority of human resource professionals around the world (80%) believe AI will be a tool that helps them in the next five years, allowing them to concentrate on the more strategic, human aspects of their roles, like fostering relationships with candidates and colleagues and performing creative and strategic work (39%).
The technology is already altering professions, businesses, and industries as AI ushers in a new era of labor.
According to Feon Ang, Vice President, LinkedIn Talent Solution and Managing Director, APAC, “Everyone from customer service representatives and sales professionals to teachers will be able to use the technology to remove some of the monotony of daily tasks so they can focus on valuable people-centric work.”
With so much change happening, she advised business leaders to evaluate the skills their organizations would require both now and in the years to come in order to prepare their staff for success.
The key to ensuring that organizations have the talent and skills they require to prosper will be human resource experts.
“And AI will be a critical tool for them too, helping them to focus on the important ‘human’ aspect of their role, such as connecting and building relationships with candidates, and fostering a strong company culture,” she continued.
With plans to push them out to all clients throughout the year, LinkedIn said the company is launching new generative AI tools in Recruiter and Learning Hub with a select group of customers today to assist enterprises navigate the evolving world of work:
LinkedIn’s new AI-assisted recruitment experience, Recruiter 2024, makes hiring quicker and easier so talent executives can concentrate on strategic, people-centered work.
With the help of the tool, hiring managers can use natural language search prompts like “I want to hire a senior growth marketing leader” along with LinkedIn’s AI models, unique insights from over 950 million professionals, 63 million companies, and 40,000 skills on LinkedIn that can infer the kind of candidate the hiring manager is looking for and provide higher-quality candidate recommendations from a much wider pool of candidates.
Regarding the AI-powered coaching offered by LinkedIn Learning, the company is experimenting out in-the-moment guidance in two of the most in-demand professions: management and leadership.
As a result, students can address questions like, “How can I effectively delegate tasks and responsibility?”
Instead of providing a blanket response, it will probe the user with clarifying questions to better comprehend their unique circumstance and experience before providing guidance, illustrations, and comments based on hundreds of hours of content from LinkedIn Learning’s knowledgeable instructors.
LinkedIn Learning has also unlocked the most popular AI learning courses, which are available for free until 15 December 2023, for those who want to learn more about AI.
These features come after LinkedIn launched AI-assisted job descriptions and AI-assisted messaging in May 2023, which employ generative AI to tailor InMail messages at scale, boost applicant engagement, and aid businesses in finding eligible candidates more quickly.
