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Green skills go mainstream
Demand for green-skilled workers has risen twice as fast as the number of people gaining those skills from 2021-2025, new LinkedIn data shows. Green talent – professionals in green jobs or those with at least one green skill listed on their LinkedIn profile – experience a hiring rate 47% higher than the global workforce average, according to LinkedIn’s latest Green Skills Report.
Nail this ‘impossible’ question
One of the most common reasons candidates fail interviews is down to this simple question, says career coach Madeline Mann: “Where do you see yourself in five years?” According to Mann, most applicants highlight unrelated ambitions, personal plans or entrepreneurship hopes – which are flight-risk indicators to hiring managers.
Fancy being your own boss? Entrepreneurialism is on the rise in the UK
Being your own boss is a desire familiar to many in the UK – and it’s not just an idle daydream. LinkedIn data shows that the number of members launching businesses rose 69% between July 2024 and July this year – higher than the global average of 60%.
Entrepreneurship on the rise in UK
The number of people in the UK starting their own businesses rose 69% in the year to July – surpassing the global average – amid job market uncertainty and the rise of generative AI.
Discover how you learn best
Learning styles are as diverse as personalities. To build skills more effectively, it helps to understand your own approach. Career consultant Patrick Phillips notes 10 personality traits that shape how adults learn: while extraverts may thrive on debate, others benefit from quiet reflection and encouragement.
Ideas set to shape 2026
With developments across science, technology, work and wellbeing continuing to gather pace, what’s next for 2026? Every year, LinkedIn News spotlights bold predictions from our editors and experts around the world, from Melinda French Gates to Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, that are poised to define the year ahead.