As technology continues to advance and the workplace landscape changes, the skills that employers seek are also evolving. A recent survey of hiring managers by Resume Builder, a provider of professional résumé templates and career advice, found that artificial intelligence (AI) abilities represent the most-important hard skill for job candidates to have on their résumé. […]
As technology continues to advance and the workplace landscape changes, the skills that employers seek are also evolving. A recent survey of hiring managers by Resume Builder, a provider of professional résumé templates and career advice, found that artificial intelligence (AI) abilities represent the most-important hard skill for job candidates to have on their résumé.
The survey found hiring managers cited AI abilities such as machine learning and generative AI tools (47 percent), followed by sales and customer relationship management skills using platforms like Salesforce and HubSpot (40 percent) as the top two most sought-after skills.
Skills in data analysis and visualization (39 percent), cloud computing and storage (37 percent), and project-management expertise (37 percent) rounded out the top five hard skills cited in the survey.
“It’s no surprise that AI skills are among the most sought-after by employers today,” Resume Builder’s Chief Career Advisor Stacie Haller, said in the survey report. “Organizations that aim to boost productivity and stay competitive recognize that AI expertise is a key driver in achieving these goals.
“Rather than investing time in training employees from scratch, companies are increasingly looking for candidates who possess AI skills, customer relationship management (CRM) expertise, and data analysis. Employees with these high-demand skills can be onboarded and start contributing meaningfully more quickly, improving business operations and tackling complex challenges.”
Resume Builder said it commissioned polling platform Pollfish to conduct the survey online on its behalf. A total of 1,000 U.S. full-time manager-level employees completed the survey. To qualify for the survey, all participants had to be over the age of 25, have a household income of at least $75,000, have a manager-level role or higher, be employed full-time, and work at a company with more than 11 employees. Respondents also had to indicate via a screening question that they currently are involved in hiring decisions.
