Coronavirus-induced lockdowns forced employers to move quickly through 2020, implementing new technologies and flexible ways of working. As a result, "five years of acceleration happened in one year," said LinkedIn's managing director and vice president for Asia-Pacific and China, Olivier Legrand.
Now, workplaces will want proof that employees can keep up with the pace of change.
Skills-based hiring ramps up
Indeed, it is already happening.
According to LinkedIn, more than three-quarters (77%) of the jobs posted on its platform in Asia-Pacific this year focused on skills ahead of industry experience and specific job titles. Meantime, individuals have been doubling down on self-development, spending 43 million hours on LinkedIn Learning in 2020 alone.