The current global pandemic has caused the gig-economy in both developed and emerging markets to skyrocket.
So, what does the future hold? Here are just some of the most in-demand skills for 2022 that are needed to boost your freelancing career.
Hard Skills
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is slowly becoming more mainstream and sooner or later, you’ll find that it will be replacing customer support work that’s done by freelancers as well as customer success. In fact, a recent survey found that 70% of large organizations require workers to have both automation and AI skills
Web-App Development
As businesses worldwide were forced to shut down their stores as a result of COVID-19, many shifted to operating their business solely online. With digital businesses on the rise, you should take advantage of this and learn how to build and develop a professional site.
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is another technical/hard skill that many companies are seeking workers for. Having cloud technology expertise has quickly become very essential for larger organizations so if you’re thinking of growing your skillset, then this is one that many are looking for.
Software Development
Software development skills have been on the list for the most in-demand tech skills for quite some time now. Demand is also growing faster than across most areas of IT due to the increasing number of apps on the market.
Data Science & Analysis
Although data science may appear to be a difficult field to master, it is actually rather easy to understand.
It’s all about helping businesses examine their sales and customer data in order to enhance their operations. High-paying jobs await anyone who can master the art of data analysis. There are extra abilities required for data analysis, such as the ability to analyze data, identify trends, etc.
Soft Skills
It’s important that you future-proof not only your technical skills but also your soft skills. We gain more work with our hard skills, but we could easily lose opportunities if we lack some basic soft skills.
Below are the most critical soft skills to own.
- Project management
- Good communication skills
- Time management
- Emotional intelligence
- Collaboration
- Problem solving
