The No. 1 Soft Skill Employers Want in 2025 — Are Your Students Practicing It?
According to LinkedIn’s latest Skills on the Rise report, communication tops the list of must-have soft skills for landing a job in 2025.
Yes — communication.
Not AI. Not coding. Not analytics. While technical skills matter, it’s the ability to clearly express ideas, collaborate, and tell your story that’s giving candidates the edge.
For educators in career-connected learning, this is a wake-up call:👉 Are we creating enough space for students to practice and demonstrate this skill in real-world ways?
🧠 Think: mock interviews, presentations, storytelling, and reflective writing.
📖 Read the full article via CNBC to see how LinkedIn experts suggest job seekers prove their soft skills — and how you can bring those ideas into your classroom: The No. 1 Soft Skill You Need to Get Hired Now
Let’s make sure our students don’t just have skills — they can show them.
Wow this is really interesting Kate! I never would have guessed Communication would be top of the list. - Grace :)