Hard skills are teachable and quantifiable abilities, such as writing, reading, math or ability to use computer programs. Hard skills concern an employee’s ability to perform a definite task.

Hard skills mean technical abilities and exact knowledge, such as software development, tax accounting, or patent law skill. They’re often easier to identify and quantify than soft skills.

It includes language knowledge, computer programming, typing speed with accuracy, finance, content writing, Mathematics i.e. calculation, legal, accounting, and other quantifiable skills that are included in the requirements for a job. These types of skills are learned and can be distinct, evaluated and measured.

Previous year, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Analytical Reasoning led global list of the most in-demand hard skills. They’re all on the list again this 2020 year, but a skill we weren’t even looking at a year ago — block chain — tops the list of most in-demand hard skills for 2020.

According to the last research from nearly one-third of U.S. personnel will need to find new jobs by 2030 in response to quick advancements in latest technology. These advancements mean that personnel need to continuously be learning new skills.

When we talk about learning a new technical skill, it can be difficult to guess what will be most important in the employment market.

The job site highlighted more than 25 technical skills and matched these skills with educational courses that are easily available in the market. Here are the 5 most in-demand hard skills in 2019-2020 in reverse chronological order:

No. 5. UX Design

UX Design means User experience: User experience (UX) design is the process design teams use to create products that provide meaningful and relevant experiences to users. UX designers measure and optimize applications to improve easiness of use, and create the best user experience by exploring many different approaches to solve end-users' problems

It is more about understanding users, business goals, information, and creating a great experience that works.

No. 4. People Management

People management is the process of inspiring, teaching and directing employees in order to optimize workplace productivity and encourage professional growth. Workplace influential, such as managers, team leaders and department heads use people management to manage workflow and enhance employee performance every day.

Benefits of studying People Management

• Improve employee turnover. High employee turnover hurts a company's bottom line.

• Conflict resolutions

• Employee satisfaction

• Improve employee performance.

• Training and development.

• Helps with budget control.

No. 3. Analytical Reasoning

Analytical skills are used to recognize reasons, themes, assumptions, and the facts used in making arguments or offering explanations. Analytical skills let us to believe about all the key elements in any given situation and to decide how those elements speak about one another.

Benefits of Analytical skills are:

• Receive given information and suggest a solution to a problem.

• Apply knowledge of “if-then” reasoning.

• Spot statements that could be true based on given information.

• Formulate inferences based on given and new information.

• Identify logically equivalent statements.

One Example of Good Analytical Skills

Analyzing ability is an ability to take a huge amount of data and then analyze trends and produce a result. Dealing with problems as it helps in problem solving at work. Through Programming one can write a systems program with accurate results output.

No.2. Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a kind of research field that explores how to understand the smart human behaviors on a computer. The eventual aim of AI is to make a computer that can plan, study and solve problems alone.

AI is going to spread through every job sector in the near future. It can create new career paths in the field of Machine education, Data mining, and analysis, AI program management, software development, and testing. The future demand for AI certified professionals will grow all along with the developments in AI.

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No.1. Cloud Computing

Cloud computing was identified as the number one most in-demand hard skill of last year 2019, followed by AI.

Cloud Computing means to access and store data and programs over the Internet. The cloud is presently a symbol for the Internet.

Being the newest technology in trend, cloud computing is gaining a lot of attention from businesses and is generating abundant job opportunities in the IT industry. This is making it a profitable and exciting option for those who want to build a successful career in the field of IT.

Author:
Rachna Garg
Coordinator (Academics)
PC Training Institute Ltd.
PCTI Academic Block, AP Block DDA Commercial Complex,
Pitampura, Delhi – 110034, India