Entrepreneurs who build businesses around their own very specific skill sets often succeed at gaining clients and customers right off the bat thanks to their specialized knowledge and abilities.

Among freelance marketplace Upwork's most in-demand skills are accounting, full stack development and social media marketing. That's according to its recent Most In-Demand Skills for 2025 report. This ...

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The most in-demand skills companies are hiring for today have remained steady over the last year, but hiring for AI skills is also skyrocketing.

Some skills are almost always in demand on freelance marketplace Upwork. But there are some fast-growing new skills Upwork has seen on its platform as well. "What our report points to this year," says ...

Employers say AI and big data proficiency are now some of the most important skills for job seekers in the next few years, according to the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report. The sweeping ...

Such exclamations are typically people’s go-to responses to milestone professional transitions. But landing a new job doesn’t have to be the only exciting or congratulatory part of the job search ...

But there are some fast-growing new skills Upwork has seen on its platform as well. "What our report points to this year," says Kelly Monahan, managing director of the Upwork Research Institute, ...

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