Leveraging transferrable skills for in-demand jobs now
3 Dec 2020
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While many people have been hired back at their old jobs or found new jobs during the pandemic, it could be late 2022 or early 2023 before the total number of jobs lost during the pandemic are replaced.
And not all jobs are bouncing back at the same rate, for example some customer-facing jobs like waitstaff, bartenders, positions in personal services like salons and arts and entertainment positions may be slower to bounce back as people continue to social distance and avoid crowds to slow the spread of the virus.
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