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The era of coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 has changed the way professionals work, learn and do business. Features that were traditionally face-to-face are now taking place across the digital space. This requires professionals to possess both the necessary digital skills and the social skills necessary to work, collaborate and manage teams remotely.
LinkedIn data shows that professionals around the world have taken their learning journey in this regard seriously. In fact, the hours spent learning on LinkedIn Learning in July 2020 are three times more than in July 2019.
But what exactly are they learning?
The third annual list of LinkedIn’s Most Popular Courses summarizes the top courses taken the most by LinkedIn members last year (July 2019 – June 2020) and provides insight into the topics that are a priority for professionals today.
The 10 most popular courses:
1. Time management: working from home
2. Strategic thinking
3. Remote work bases
4. Learning Python
5. Develop your emotional intelligence
6. Basic training in Excel 2016
7. Excel Essential Training (Office 365)
8. Communicate with confidence
9. Cert Prep: Project Management Professional (PMP) ®
10. Fundamentals of project management
The list reflects an interest in both digital and soft skills. However, it is worth noting that 5 out of 10 of these courses focus on soft skills. In fact, the number of people using LinkedIn to learn social skills doubled in the past year, growing at an even faster rate than those learning technical skills.
Additionally, LinkedIn data shows that these are the top five courses that are tailored to groups of professionals with specific needs.
Top 6 Courses for Tech Professionals
For tech professionals, these are the top six courses that are designed to address your specific needs:
5. Learning cloud computing: the basics
6. Remote work foundations
To provide resources and tools to the professional community, the most popular courses will be available for free until September 30, 2020.
Soft skills
Now more than ever, workers need to acquire not only the relevant digital skills, but also the social skills necessary to assist them in their daily job functions. And this will continue to be true as we move forward. COVID-19 has not only accelerated the adoption of remote working, it seems like it’s here to stay.
The best remote jobs in the Philippines
LinkedIn data shows that the Philippines is one of the leading growth regions for remote job listings, along with Australia and New Zealand. The main remote jobs in the Philippines are freelance writer, data coder, accountant, data entry clerk, and technical support engineer.
To provide resources and tools to the professional community, LinkedIn will make the courses on its Most Popular Course List free for everyone to use until September 30, 2020.
