{"id":8703,"date":"2019-01-10T14:18:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T12:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmkedev.wpengine.com\/?p=8703"},"modified":"2021-11-03T15:45:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T13:45:21","slug":"hard-skills-soft-skills-high-demand-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/hard-skills-soft-skills-high-demand-2019","title":{"rendered":"Hard Skills and Soft Skills in High Demand 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently highlighted the top jobs in 2018 that dominated the job market and appeared most in job boards. These jobs represented positions and roles that many companies across different industries were looking for all year round.<\/span><\/p>\n

This article is a prediction, based on data, of the hard and soft skills that will be in high demand in 2019. Trends and changes in the job market across different industries contribute to the demand of different skills. You will notice that in the middle and towards the end of 2018 certain roles requiring certain skills became suddenly rampant and the urgency seemed to be on an all-time high. This trend is likely to persist across the better part of 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not to say that other hard and soft skills that have always had a relatively high demand in the job market will suddenly disappear. The demand for the skills we are talking about is a trend that is fresh and likely here to stay. So, yes, even though Accounting skills will still be in high demand in 2019, other skills that used to take the back burner will now share in the limelight too. Below are the hard and soft skills likely to be in high demand in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

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