It turns out that most organizations in Nigeria have recently be demanding some specific skills as a criteria for recruitment.

But here’s the challenge: there are at least 50,000 professional skills in the world, according to LinkedIn data. 50,000!

The question now is of those 50,000 trending skills you could potentially learn, which should you learn today to help you stand out?

Trending Soft Skills Companies Need Most in Nigeria
Soft skills are traits and behaviour an individual has. The soft skills that are currently trending are:

a) Creativity

b) Persuasion

c) Collaboration

d) Adaptability

e) Time Management

Trending Hard Skills Companies Need Most in Nigeria
Hard skills are capabilities and abilities a person can posses via training. The hard skills that are on the rise in Nigeria includes:

a) Cloud Computing

b) Artificial Intelligence

c) Analytical Reasoning

d) People Management

e) UX Design

f) Mobile Application Development

g) Video Production

h) Sales Leadership/Customer Service Systems

i) Social Media Marketing/Digital Marketing

j) Social Media Journalism

How to learn hard skills in Nigeria for free

Hitherto learning these trending hard skills in Nigeria has been difficult. However, LinkedIn has extended its open program to Nigeria for interested candidates to learn any of these skills for free for the first 30 days. Some of the benefits of this program includes: a certificate from LinkedIn, an integration with the LinkedIn group for first class jobs etc. You can begin this program by applying here.

Good Luck