When you sift through the job postings across many job categories in a handful of industries, you find that certain skills are more in demand than others. Some of those are desirable in more than one industry, and some can lead to jobs with higher salaries.
“At one time you could really thrive in the marketplace with the technical skills or you could go into a human resources role or even a career services role with the soft skills competencies. But that no longer exists. We’re seeing this merging across functions and a requirement for job seekers to have these skills across a number of these functions.”
