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10 Job Skills You'll Need in 2020

Updated 6/19/2020
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Because it's only 1 year away.

The world of work—and the world in general—is changing. People are living longer, new technologies are emerging, and we’ve never been more globally connected. That means the skills we use now in the workplace are not necessarily the skills we’ll need in the future.

To get a sense of what skills you might want to start investing your time into developing, check out the infographic below. (Note: It might sound like 2020 is really far into the future, but it’s actually only 1 year away.)

Important Work Skills for 2020


Infographic courtesy of Top10OnlineColleges.org.


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