Top skills for General Labor jobs
Based on 176 active General Labor postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of General Labor postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Insurance48%
- Hiring35%
- Recycling29%
- Sorters26%
- Manufacturing23%
- Packaging16%
- Housekeeping15%
- Reimbursement13%
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)13%
- Ladders12%
- Knives10%
- Chemicals9%
- Pallet9%
- Safety Procedures7%
- Safety Quality7%
- Data Privacy7%
- External Recruitment7%
- Gauges7%
- Arrest5%
- Organizing5%
- Steel5%
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