Did you know LinkedIn Report Highlights Soaring Demand for AI Engineers and Consultants

 

Just when you thought AI was here to steal people’s jobs comes a new report from LinkedIn that just might change your perspective on that front.

The popular networking platform rolled out its annual list for Jobs on the Rise and it’s safe to say that many surprises were included. The leading positions in demand were related to AI engineers and consultants. Meanwhile, AI researchers made it to number 12 which is again a major win in this domain.

The list always features the top 25 fast growing positions in the US that recruiters need, depending on job updates published by users. As per the leading editor for Jobs and Career Development on the app, these are a true indicator of what’s trending in the real world.

The goal is to ensure what positions are leading and how to make more users suitable to apply to these leading positions, he added. So what we learned is that the focus is on hiring and not unfilled job alerts. They also go to the extra extent of filtering internships, positions for volunteering roles, and beyond.

Today, the state of the labor market is more diverse than what we saw when the app rolled out the report in 2021. Plenty of people are frustrated and not able to find the role they need, the editor shared. More stats discussions related to more people competing or applying to the same role than what was seen in 2022. This was related to the current labor market.

Meanwhile, the unemployment rate rose to 4.2% but it was 4.1% before so that change is not hugely significant. Last year in May, unemployment stood at 4% which was the same trend witnessed in the past too.

The Labor Department says today we’ve got 7.1M unemployed individuals while in 2023 we had just 6.3M that were unemployed. These people today make up over 23% of unemployed individuals which is nearly 20% up from the previous year.

We’re still waiting for the report from the government related to the labor market to be released that will give more insights with actual data figures included in detail. But the gist of the report from LinkedIn shows that it’s definitely an AI era as technology continues to transform the office space.

Many firms in the past tried to experiment with AI randomly and didn’t get too much success. Today, many companies have worked their way around the revolutionary tech and seen fruitful results. Remember, investments related to the AI sector grew $50B since 2023 which is major news.