How is COVID-19 Going to Change the Job Market --- Is your job at Risk?
The following information came from an article in the AARP May 2020 Bulletin . --- "Businesses of all sizes have laid off or furloughed workers --- 10 million as of early April . . ." (1) But there was positivity in today's news in that 2 million workers were rehired during May. But who were those that were rehired? Nearly half the jobs in the US --- 70 Million --- have been effected by COVID-19. What does this mean as we all try to go back to work? "There are 33 million jobs at high risk of total job loss , lost hours or pay cuts, and another 37 million at medium risk ," says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics. There are entire industries right now shattered by being shuttered. (2) It's obvious that business across America has experienced a dynamic shift in the way people punch the time clock. And as this article states, "If you didn't know how to teleconference, share digital documents, and keep a computer functional on your...