AI Literacy And Change Management Among Most-Needed HR Skills
HRDIVE, Friday, February 27th, 2026
Much of the HR profession remains human-oriented, LinkedIn's report showed.
While employment law and compliance remains the fastest-growing skillset in the HR profession, artificial intelligence literacy followed directly after in the second spot, according to LinkedIn's Skills on the Rise report, released Feb. 24.
LinkedIn measured year-over-year growth of skills through skill acquisition - the growth of a skill being added to LinkedIn profiles - and hiring success, described as growth of a skill possessed by LinkedIn members who have been hired in the past year.
In other words, AI literacy was both sought by HR professionals in a training capacity and was a key skill possessed by those that were hired this year.