Laid off during the pandemic? Honing these skills can boost your job prospects

Even before the coronavirus crisis hit, employers were increasingly looking for workers who could bring the necessary skills to a specific job, even if that worker didn't have the exact work history in the field. As automation trends continue, soft skills, in particular, have become even more valuable.

"It's about understanding how to translate your capabilities into something that's current and in demand," says Becky Frankiewicz, president of ManpowerGroup North America. "This is the time to reimagine what you want to do. Look at what you've done in the past and how it translates into the future."Short-term gigs not only keep a resume fresh during periods of unemployment, but they also give workers an opportunity to gain new skills or try out a new industry.

"COVID-19 has expedited the move toward technology enabled, remote delivery of services in many industries—healthcare to auto sales," says Nicholas Wyman, CEO of the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation. "To keep up workers need to upgrade their digital literacy skills and master digital platforms."

"I figure this is a good time to try it out," he says. "Even if you get hired, no one is having you come into the office for a couple of months."Mohoric is looking to transition his skills to a job in the tech sector, since that has more growth potential in the near term than hospitality. He's regularly looking for jobs on a variety of job boards, including one called LayOffer.com, which aims to match displaced workers with recruiters.

China is the rootcause of global devastation. All nations must unite & BanChina BoycottChina from all global platforms. Its shocking how Shanghai, Beijing were unaffected but entire globe was trotted by Chinese citizens

May need to find a business that isn't destroyed or burned to the ground.

Excerpt from article: 'Experts expect panhandling and grave digging to be the two highest growth professions in 2020.'

Who in their right mind would open a retail store with the prospects of it either being burned to the ground or one of these genius elected officials shutting you down.

I hear construction and window repair jobs are hiring like crazy for some reason.

I love you CNBC but maybe wait until tomorrow for this one

China did it! Virus 🦠 from China destroyed our beautiful country!

Trying to increase Markets' conditions artificially is not an efficient way in order to take under control and maintain real economy, well. Not only shirinking GDP 42% in Q2 but also roughly 40% of Lower-Income people lost jobs and huge Profit loss gonna strike RealEconomy

Waiting to see massive retraining programs, encouraging people to sign on and find a new direction. Most of that can be done ONLINE, ya know? Hands on may come later, but what a start that could be. Simple, I know.

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