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How Will COVID Impact The Job Market In The Future?

We got to see that from the outset where due to COVID-19 the business and economy started suffering. Not a single country was prepared for this global pandemic. 

The COVID-19 became the headline of the news when it was first declared by China, but then gradually, many other countries started agreeing to the presence of COVID-19. The whole process happened suddenly and several countries fail to take it seriously thinking that the virus will only impact negatively for a while. 

But unfortunately, today after many months COVID-19 is still impacting negatively to almost all countries on the planet. It has spreaded in 214 countries approximately and the death rate and the number of cases are amplifying steadily and affecting businesses worldwide.

How the job market will be in the future

 

The impact of coronavirus on various people is visible to everyone. 30 million people became jobless after the outbreak. The U.S stated that this pandemic will be the main reason for a recession in the year 2021. The impact of COVID-19 is not only for this year or for the present time, but it will also affect the future job market.

Let’s see how COVID-19 will impact the future job market. And what are the major changes we are going to see in the job market after the crisis?

Full-Time Job Opportunity Will Reduce

Due to the slow down in the market and for the cost-cutting purpose, businesses laid off many employees. Most of the companies are surviving without their core assets, their full-time employees. And if they survive successfully in the process then they will prefer appointing a temporary worker.

Every company will prefer the temporary/contract based worker instead of a full-time employee, who can perform the same task/activities with definite efficiency. It is beneficial for companies to save costs and other resources in the future.

Remote Work Become A New Norm

Mass remote work due to the COVID-19 makes the people more aware and mature about working from a distance. Employees become more comfortable with working remotely, communicate, and collaborate with the team virtually. 

It also changes the view and expectations of the companies. Moreover, tools and technology flow will make remote work smoother. So, in the future, a part of the home will be transformed into the office. Everything that is needed for connecting physically will surely be replaced with a remote connection. Furthermore, each employer and recruiter will often hire candidates that have experience of remote work. 

Variable Salaries

The heavy burden of cost and expenditure in the down market compelled businesses and companies to cut off the salary of their employees to survive in the market. The faster, COVID-19 is spreading, the quicker the number of companies are increasing who are cutting the employees salaries due to the losses.

And this is the reason, where in the future, companies will add an extra clause in the terms and conditions section that is about variable salary. The clause will mention the change in salary in case of future disaster or pandemic that will bring loss to the company and economy. 

New Jobs Will Be Created

A massive amount of employees lost their job due to the crisis, but don't worry; the newly open positions will emerge soon. During COVID, the health care sector requirements for new candidates has gone up. And due to the work from home strategy, companies started using various applications and tools; thus, the digital economy has never gone down after the outbreak. 

In the future, significant changes will take place in localization. Reduction in traveling will create the possibility of diminishing in global trade. Hence, small jobs in the local area which had been destroyed due to the wave of a global pandemic will re-emerge.

Final Word

After a while, we got to see the new changes in the job market. Though changes are part of the market, this time, we will be going to see something that will impact for a long. It will be a much bigger change than ever.

The impact on the job market maybe or maybe not beneficial for employers and candidates but the above changes are unavoidable and it is wise to be prepared for it.

Author: Systemart,LLC |   22 October 2020

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