A recent Resume.org survey of 991 U.S. hiring managers found that creative skills have surpassed technical ones in perceived value, with 57% saying creative employees are harder to replace with AI than technical workers. The World Economic Forum’s “Future of Jobs Report 2025” found creative thinking to be a major priority for employers, ranking it almost as highly as leadership ability. But researchers from the University of Toronto found that organizations may need to rethink how they hire…