{"id":4453,"date":"2020-03-30T21:17:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iilm.edu\/?p=4453"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:36:08","slug":"top-5-job-skills-achieve-success-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iilm.edu\/blog\/top-5-job-skills-achieve-success-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Job Skills to achieve success in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0Top 5 Job Skills to achieve success in 2020 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The world is evolving and moving fast, acquiring new and relevant skills is essential to be able to make our mark in the Corporate world. The Companies of today need employees to have strong skill sets to be able to add value and handle complex tasks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_522242782.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4454\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_522242782-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iilm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_522242782-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iilm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_522242782-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iilm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_522242782.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image credits: http:\/\/dawgen.blogspot.com\/2017\/11\/research<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Analytics: <\/strong>has emerged as one of the most critical skills for the coming decade, the understanding, use and application of data for business decision making and analysis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design Thinking<\/strong>: this skills helps us to apply creativity, challenge assumptions, innovation and problem solving to work and business, it fuels the integration and assimilation of a business requirement, engages people into a panoramic or 360 view of work and the world. It relates decision making and impact on business and its environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Critical Thinking: <\/strong>makes us view and review work with a critics perspective, it helps us understand what has been done, how it has been done, what influenced it and what can be done better. It builds a unique analysis from the view of an outsider, basically similar to stepping out of the frame and reviewing wok done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emotional Intelligence: <\/strong>it is the strongest skill to help us manage emotions for self and others, as Daniel Goldman rightly shares in his theories, it helps to build strong and lasting relationships and work in harmony with our environment. It is essential for people management and to achieve success in life and at work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaboration: <\/strong>working together joins the best qualities of each individual and binds them together, working alone limits our ability to achieve the best solution. 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