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Get today's top 10 in-demand skills and learn how to gain a competitive recruiting advantage.

Talent scarcity continues to be a challenge for most organizations, even as they face economic uncertainty. Get market intelligence that will help you build a resilient and adaptive workforce for any contingency in the year ahead. Despite chronic skills gaps continuing around the globe and economic uncertainty ahead, talent leaders are faced with the monumental task of making sure they are well resourced. And limited talent pools, budget cuts and hiring slowdowns are making hiring more confusing and complex than ever before. But if your business doesn’t have the right people to achieve its goals, you can expect your organization to fall behind in the rapidly changing global economy. Get the market intelligence you need to develop talent acquisition and skilling strategies that will give your company a competitive advantage. Find out which markets are best for finding high-demand skills. Understand how remote working policies should be crafted based on location and job roles. Learn where there are opportunities to hire and develop talent based on the adjacent skills they already have. The “2022 Global in-demand skills report” provides 150 pages of easy-to-navigate market intelligence based on real job posting, professional network and verified data across 26 markets. Download your copy to see the top ten in-demand skills, and access insights on nine factors — from compensation to market competitiveness — for each. How your business responds to the widening skills gap and talent shortages will be critical to your growth in the months and years ahead. This intelligence will help you better understand these market complexities to inform and develop a well-crafted talent strategy that gives you a competitive advantage moving forward.

Jun 17, 2026 8 min read Premium
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5 Ways Command-Driven AI Empowers Organizations

Your organization’s HR tech holds valuable employee data to help you garner insight and make smarter, more informed decisions. Unfortunately, this data hasn’t always been easy to access. IWant™, the industry’s first command-driven AI engine in a single database, changes that. While generative AI often makes assumptions about the info it accesses, IWant ensures instant, accurate answers since it only pulls data your employees entered themselves. And since the tech empowers your organization with quick access to the exact data it needs, it helps accelerate operations for employees at every level: Of course, not all AI tech is designed the same. And certain AI tools — even those offered by an HR tech provider — can’t provide the level of accuracy and confidence only possible with a command-driven AI engine in a single database. How could a command-driven AI engine empower you to lead with confidence? As you consider how a command-driven AI engine like Paycom’s IWant could transform your work, it’s important to account for how it differs from the AI-powered tech your workforce may already use. Consider questions like: In our checklist, we’ll walk you through five important considerations and explore how a command-driven AI engine provides you with reliable and consistent results that generative AI tech can’t match. Because when you lead a business, you shouldn’t be bogged down by navigating software, waiting for a reply from someone else or second guessing the accuracy of the responses AI provides. A command-driven AI engine in a single database puts the accurate employee data you need instantly at your fingertips. Download our checklist to learn how a command-driven AI engine transforms your organization. To learn more, download 5 Ways Command-Driven Empowers Organizations.

Jun 17, 2026 8 min read Premium

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