The workplace is changing at an unprecedented rate, and with it, how and why recruiters choose certain applicants over others. Historically, career progression and recruitment worked in a linear fashion, with experience and education certain to give one
candidate an edge over another. Post-COVID, however, everything has changed.
Research from McKinsey shows that while
hybrid and remote working are now the norm, that is not the only concern facing companies. It’s the fact that technological advances have leapfrogged up to four years. Employees and companies which want to stay competitive, now need to be well versed in
the future and not the next logical step on the career ladder.
The workplace is moving away from academic success, and even to some extent career success, and instead is focusing on candidates with the skillset to jump forward.
The EU named 2023 the
European Year of Skills, with forums taking place throughout the year that will focus on funding, establishing and rolling out upskilling initiatives.
Similarly, the World Economic Forum recently released its
2023 Future of Jobs report and on a practical level, skills will need to be updated––especially as tech advances like AI change roles across all sectors.
Soft skills matter
The report states that within the next five years, 44% of working adults will need to retrain or upskill if they want to remain employable. However, what is most interesting is that among the most desirable skills for workers to possess, it is the soft skills
that emerge most popular.
Capabilities such as innovation, creativity, and empathy, appear in the top ten desirable skills list, alongside leadership, active listening, resilience, and analytical thinking.
Why are the softer skills more important? Pre-COVID, research from Deloitte showed that soft skill-intensive occupations will account for
two-thirds of all jobs by 2030 while hiring employees with more soft skills could increase revenue by more than $90,000.
Post-COVID, the public wants companies who act with empathy, and the only way to be empathetic is to have a workforce that understands its importance––starting with leadership, according to
recent research.
Meanwhile, the WEF’s
2023 report says that for 73% of companies, analytical thinking will become the biggest draw among candidates within the next five years, so if you are looking to future-proof your career, focus energy on developing your analytical thinking.
If you are inspired to find your next role, start with the
Finextra Job Board which is full of fintech opportunities from leading companies at the forefront of innovation. The three roles highlighted below show the breadth of the offering.
Staff Blockchain Software Engineer, Core Ledger, RippleX, Ripple, London
Role: As the
Staff Blockchain Software Engineer with
Ripple’s RippleX division, you will hyper-accelerate adoption of the internet of value (Web3.0) by developing applications that move digital value faster and more easily.
Responsibilities: You will be responsible for building a highly scalable and available distributed system and do everything from architecture and design, to implementing those designs in code (C++), to testing the implementations for correctness and performance,
and finally optimising the implementations for better performance.
Requirements: Applicants should have eight-plus years of hands-on software development experience, with the last five years in C++, and two years experience working as a tech lead and mentoring other engineers. You should also have a Bachelor’s degree in
computer science or a similar field.
Apply for the
Staff Blockchain Software Engineer role or browse all available opportunities at
Ripple.
Android Engineer, Starling Bank (Manchester)
Role: As
Android Engineer with
Starling Bank you are expected to understand and prioritise security when implementing new features, fixing bugs or making technical improvements, across all the layers.
Responsibilities: You will work with the wider team designing, building and releasing new screens every day, with a particular focus on accessibility along with writing clean and maintainable code. Starling Bank’s mobile engineers work in cross-functional
feature teams arranged across broader engineering groups.
Requirements: Starling Bank operates a flat structure and is open-minded when it comes to hiring, caring more about aptitude and attitude than specific experience or qualifications. If you care enough to find elegant solutions to difficult technical problems,
you should apply.
Apply for the
Android Engineer role or browse all available opportunities at
Starling Bank.
Senior ML Ops Engineer, Zilch (London)
Role: As
Senior ML Ops Engineer with
Zilch you will work with data scientists to take offline models data scientists’ build and turn them into a real machine learning production system.
Responsibilities: You will be responsible for developing and deploying scalable tools and services to handle machine learning training and inference as well as being able to identify and evaluate new technologies to improve performance, maintainability,
and reliability of the machine learning systems.
Requirements: You will have five years of experience building end-to-end systems as a Platform Engineer, MLOPs Engineer, or Data Engineer (or equivalent), as well as five years of software engineering skills in complex Python systems.
Apply for the
Senior ML Ops Engineer role or browse all available opportunities at
Zilch.
Explore the Finextra Job Board to find your perfect fintech role.