U.S. Hiring Continues to Soften: March LinkedIn Workforce Report

According to LinkedIn data, workers without college degrees in roles subject to automation are benefitting from a tight labor market and shifting their skills to fill new professions. Our data shows that while more routine “cognitive” jobs (e.g. phone operator, ticket agent) are on the decline, non-routine roles that often don’t require a degree (e.g. driver, electrician) are seeing growth. You can see this shift reflected in Lyft and Uber drivers creating LinkedIn profiles, we saw a 515%...

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