How to Land a Job in the AI Market: Essential Skills and Strategies
Those changes underscore the importance of data-driven decision-making. Real-time labor market indicators, such as those provided by Indeed, can help both employers and job seekers identify opportunities, in-demand skills, and how local conditions differ from national trends. Read Indeed's 2026 US Jobs & Hiring Trends Report at Indeed.com. This post was created by Insider Studios with Indeed. 1 Comscore, Total Visits, March 2024 2 Indeed data (worldwide), job seeker accounts that have a unique, verified email address 3 2026 US Jobs & Hiring Trends Report: How to Find Stability in Uncertainty, Indeed 4 CNN This Morning, CNN, November 20, 2025 5 AI at Work Report 2025: How GenAI is Rewiring the DNA of Jobs [...] ## State of the market Indeed connects more than 645 million job seekers2 with opportunities from over 3.3 million employers worldwide. That scale allows Indeed to track real-time trends in how people search for jobs, how employers compete for talent, and the impact of technology, including AI, on the world of work. These insights are compiled in regular reports by Indeed's in-house economists. For example, Indeed's 2026 Jobs & Hiring Trends Report predicts economic growth in 2026 will remain positive yet "anemic," testing the job market's resilience to economic uncertainties.3 [...] AI's potential impact is most visible in tech roles. Indeed's data shows that the share of tech job postings requiring at least 5 years of experience is growing6, even as experience requirements are softening in other areas. This could mean AI is doing more entry-level tech work, requiring higher-level human workers to oversee the output. It could also simply reflect broader economic conditions in which hiring overall in tech, for both junior and senior roles, is currently limited.