{"id":175554,"date":"2026-01-08T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/amid-rise-of-ai-in-job-market-84-pc-of-indian-professionals-feel-unprepared-linkedin-report\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T06:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:20:10","slug":"amid-rise-of-ai-in-job-market-84-pc-of-indian-professionals-feel-unprepared-linkedin-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/amid-rise-of-ai-in-job-market-84-pc-of-indian-professionals-feel-unprepared-linkedin-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid rise of AI in job market, 84 pc of Indian professionals feel unprepared: LinkedIn report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederal.com\/category\/business\/linkedin-job-market-ai-professionals-new-roles-224544\">Amid rise of AI in job market, 84 pc of Indian professionals feel unprepared: LinkedIn report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederal.com\/category\/business\/linkedin-job-market-ai-professionals-new-roles-224544\">https:\/\/thefederal.com\/category\/business\/linkedin-job-market-ai-professionals-new-roles-224544<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-08 06:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"thefederal.com\">thefederal.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Job Market Uncertainty<\/strong>: According to a LinkedIn report, 84% of Indian professionals feel unprepared and lost in the context of rising competition, shifting skill requirements, and the impact of AI in the hiring process.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increased Competition<\/strong>: The competition for jobs has intensified with the number of applicants per open role in India more than doubling since early 2022.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recruiter Challenges<\/strong>: Nearly 74% of Indian recruiters have found it harder over the last year to find qualified talent, highlighting the growing need for updated skills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emerging Job Roles<\/strong>: The LinkedIn India Jobs on the Rise report identifies Prompt Engineer, AI Engineer, and Software Engineer as top in demand roles, indicating a shift towards AI and tech expertise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Need for Skill Redefinition<\/strong>: LinkedIn suggests that AI tools can help bridge the skill gap by assisting individuals in identifying suitable roles and preparing them effectively.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI in Hiring<\/strong>: AI has become integral to how careers are built and talent is evaluated in India&#8217;s job market, implying a significant change in how hiring decisions are made.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global HR Insights<\/strong>: The research was conducted among 19,113 job seekers and 6,554 global HR professionals, providing a comprehensive view of the current job market dynamics and recruitment challenges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid rise of AI in job market, 84 pc of Indian professionals feel unprepared: LinkedIn&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederal.com\/h-upload\/2025\/01\/16\/506279-aiartificialintelligenceconcept52917075159optimized50.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175556,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175554\/revisions\/175556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}