These days, concerns about job security are top of mind for many people. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how fragile the job market can be. Most of the traditional businesses were hit hard by the pandemic and may take years to fully recover. 

 

On the other side, the digitalized business has increased like wildfire. People were depending online from shopping grocery to work from home.

 

LinkedIn is widely used for job searches all over the world. Recently LinkedIn revealed top in demand jobs that highly search in 2021. A new report highlights the fastest-growing job areas over the previous year, which positioned are dependent on a mix of interest and number of occupations accessible.

 

This information can be valuable for job seekers hoping to refine their abilities and upgrade their capabilities to remain arranged for the year ahead.

 

Top in-demand jobs in 2021

 

1) Front line e-commerce professionals:

As many retailers and logistics companies needed workers to meet the swift transition to e-commerce to get products into the hands of customers during the pandemic, it resulted in a boom of recruitment and onboarding of thousands of new workers.

 

Top Job Titles: Driver, Supply Chain Associate, Package Handler, Personal Shopper

 

Skills: Time Management, Customer Service, Leadership

 

2) Loan and Mortgage Experts

Due to the pandemic, the number of borrowers is increasing. The Loan and Mortgage expert is an intermediary who brings mortgage borrowers and mortgage lenders together. These kinds of experts are highly in demand according to the survey.

 

Top job titles: Underwriter, Mortgage Loan Officer, Escrow Officer, Loan Closer 

 

Skills: Risk Management, Customer Service, Credit Analysis

 

3) Health Care Supporting Staff- Nurse

During the pandemic, we came to know that we don’t have an ample supply of medical equipment and manpower. Therefore, there is a high demand for health-supporting staff and for nurses.

 

Top job titles: Health Care Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Dental Assistant, Home Health Aide

 

Skills: Patient Education, Data Entry, Physician Relations

 

4) Business development and sales professionals

Most businesses are suffering from the financial crisis; therefore, we need to know that how to get out of it? How can we boost our business again with new opportunities?

 

Top job titles: Sales Consultant, Sales Operations Assistant, Inbound Sales Specialist, Strategic Advisor

 

Skills: Customer Retention, Sales Process, Team Building

 

5) Workplace diversity expert

Companies — large and small — turned to diversity experts who could help them bring new voices into their organizations. 

 

Top job titles: Diversity Manager, Diversity Officer, Head of Diversity, Diversity Coordinator 

 

Skills: Community Outreach, Teaching, Organizational Development

 

6) Digital marketing & content creator

These jobs have practical experience in sorting out some way to catch your eye in a generally immersed digital world and for this, every company needs a person for marketing and for creating content for them. 

 

Top job titles: Digital Marketing Specialist, Social Media Manager, Marketing Representative, Search Engine Optimization Specialist

 

Skills: Product Marketing, Digital Strategy, Brand Management

 

 

7) Education professional

As we all are forced to do work from home likewise education is also giving online. Online courses and their teachers are high in demand. 

 

Top job titles: Teaching Assistant, Elementary School Teacher, Mathematics Tutor, Curriculum Developer 

 

Skills: Lesson Planning, Time Management, Differentiated Instruction

 

 

8) Professional and Personal Coaches

Due to the pandemic, people started valued their life, careers, health, and much more. Many reached out to people who could help them chart a new course for themselves or their business. People who specialize in helping people and organizations transform ended up stepping up to the plate.

 

Top job titles: Career Coordinator, Life Coach, Fitness Coach, Business Coach

 

Skills: Mentoring, Social Media, Entrepreneurship

 

9) Mental health specialist

Covid-19 caused a mental crisis. Enormous people are suffering from depression or any other mental diseases. Counselors, therapists, and other mental health specialists were tasked with helping people who felt isolated or worried about their safety. 

 

Top job titles: Behaviour Therapist, Mental Health Specialist, Psychotherapist, Mental Health Technician

 

Skills: Play Therapy, Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

 

10) Specialized engineers 

Every business sector needs specialized engineers. The technology that enables these conversations requires highly specialized people to create it and keep it running.

 

Top job titles: Web Developer, Full Stack Engineer, Frontend Developer, Game Developer

 

Skills: Program Management, Web Development, Distributed Systems

 

11) User Experience (UX) Professionals

User Experience (UX) Professionals create products that provide meaningful and relevant experiences to users. This involves the design of the entire process of acquiring and integrating the product, including aspects of branding, design, usability, and function.

 

Top job titles: User Experience Designer, Product Design Consultant, User Interface Designer, User Experience Researcher

 

Skills: Web Design, Design Thinking, User Experience Testing

 

12) Data Science Specialists

The world runs on data. Experts who can make sense of data and benefit from it are required by both large and small businesses. As they navigated an increasingly unpredictable environment, some companies could have relied more heavily on data scientists as a result of the pandemic.

 

Top job titles: Data Scientist, Data Science Specialist, Data Management Analyst

 

Skills: TensorFlow, Statistical Modelling, Data Visualization

 

13) Artificial Intelligence Practitioners

Artificial intelligence (AI) was booming long before the pandemic wreaked havoc on the economy. The coronavirus had no impact on the field's expansion. During the pandemic, several businesses turned to AI as a way to keep up with increased demand.

 

Top job title: Machine Learning Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Specialist, Machine Learning Researcher

 

Skills: C++, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Python (Programming Language)