joining me now is blake barnes, senior director of careers and talent solutions at linkedin. thanks for joining us, blake. >> thanks for having me. it's great to be here. >> yeah so, linkedin is a platform to connect and showcase professionals. so what are you seeing right now from both the employer side and the job seeker side? >> there is no doubt that it's a hard job market out there right now. and hiring in the u.s. alone has fallen by nearly 25% in the last month alone. but the good news is there are jobs out there. industries such as hardware, networking, public safety and education have proven to be quite resilient. some of the most in demand jobs are things like customer service specialists or an i.t. network developer. we've seen a huge increase amount of jobs remote, 90% in the last month alone. so there are jobs out there for people. >> okay. so given those jobs that are available, what types of skills are they looking for most? how could you acquire those skills? >> yeah, so people are looking for a lot of skills. when you think about the foundational skills of com