According to the WEF report, 40% of companies plan to develop employees' leadership skills in the coming years 32% would like to focus on resilience, flexibility and agility and 30% want to focus on improving their staff's curiosity and lifelong learning. Companies look at how developers think instead of just testing candidates' technical knowledge. You need to monitor hiring trends and keep your skill set up to date.Įven in the IT industry, it's becoming more and more essential to have advanced soft skills in order to be hired. According to the Future of Jobs report, ' 44% of workers’ skills will be disrupted in the next five years.' So, it’s impossible to learn something once and for all and be sure you’ll always have a job. This can also help you gain valuable skills like self-studying, problem-solving and finding the information needed.Įmployers value adaptability and a high pace of learning, but what other skills are a priority to them? Let me emphasize: there’s nothing permanent today, even the list of necessary skills. Fortunately, there are ways to gain practical skills that are attractive to employers for instance, in my experience, people who spend six to 15 months studying Java and accumulating programming experience (depending on how much time they are willing to dedicate to learning, as well as their previous background and other factors) often have an easier time getting a job than for university graduates. Sometimes having a university diploma and no practical experience may be an obstacle to getting a job. Employers are interested in your skills, not the fact that you finished a university (it doesn’t matter if it was yesterday or a decade ago). But for IT specialists, it’s a matter of “professional surviving.” Having a master’s degree is far from enough you need to work on skills that are most in-demand right now. Today, in almost all industries, lifelong learning is a necessity. Still, there’s another question: What are employers looking for in tech professionals today? The Need To Be More Than Just Being A Developer This evidence shows that one stable thing in our ever-changing world is a demand for IT specialists. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Future of Jobs report, we may expect four million more digitally enabled roles in the coming years, and the fastest growing roles are mostly technology-related, such as AI and machine learning specialists. Moreover, CompTIA predicts the growth rate for tech jobs to be nearly twice the national jobs rate over the next ten years.ĭigitalization and technological advancements drive different business areas and lead to the appearance of IT-related jobs. For example, according to CompTIA’s data, there were 4.1 million postings for tech job openings by U.S. There are definitely more job openings than available candidates, although the precise numbers are unclear. In the recent Lensa study, computer-related jobs occupied second place in the U.S.

Despite the news about big tech companies laying people off, developers are in high demand, and this likely won’t change soon.

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