Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Pandemic Crisis How to Battle Unemployment

The global Covid-19 pandemic crisis which started this early 2020 is affecting a lot of people around the globe.  It affected the first world countries as well as the third world countries, regardless of race and status of life it dawned to anybody a surprise whether affected by the virus itself or been unemployed.  Most companies, big or small companies declared bankruptcy from the recent months.

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Due to this crisis, unemployment rate increased.  Are you one of these people who got unemployed?  Hope may seem uncertain but a positive outlook in life can be done to battle the unemployment.  Here are things that you can do to move forward during this pandemic:

  • Health is wealth.  This pandemic has given us a lesson to go back to basics.  Previously people tend to abuse self by working so hard neglecting health.  In order to move on, the physical health should be a top priority.
  • Evaluate skills and self. If you want to get a new job, evaluate and list down the skills and interests that you have.  Your previous experience should not limit you for getting other opportunities beyond your working experience.  
  • Improve skills and knowledge.  Getting unemployed is a challenge to improve skills and knowledge to be enable to be more marketable and be able to get a new job.  The Internet is a venue for learning and being in lockdown in the house means you have more time to learn.  Learn the latest trends in career development and the application tools might the prospective employer may require including the conferencing tools such as Zoom, Webex, Google Meet and similar tools.
  • Update your resume or online profile.  Be creative and use current online tools to improve your data.  
  • Freelancing and other online work opportunities. Remote online jobs increased after the pandemic, more and more companies are giving opportunities to work at home jobs to augment the unemployement and fill their vacancies.
These are basic tips that you can follow and the success will always depend on how you want the new job and do what you have it takes to get it.  


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