samedi 18 avril 2020

馃槰 How 2020 Could Get Worse For Your Job Situation If You’re Not Careful

Between the coronavirus economic impact and the fear of catching COVID-19, it's easy to be anxious all the time, but things could be worse.

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Can you relativize?

Can you see the bright side of things when dark clouds arrive?

Are you able to compare your situation with that of other people to understand when you're better off?

(It's ok to do, you can still feel bad for them without feeling guilty.)

Let's hope this is true:

I completely agree: if you understand how things can go wrong, you're more likely to avoid them happening to you.

With that in mind, here we go…

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18 ways the coronavirus economy can make your career worse before it gets better

1. You keep your job, but you get a worse boss

2. You lose your job and get depressed

3. You lose your job due to catching the coronavirus

4. You lose your job due to your employer ignoring the coronavirus

5. You lose your job due to catching the coronavirus, and then the health workers get laid off while treating you

6. You lose your job due to a family member getting sick and needing to care for them, and they eventually die

7. You lose your job due to the coronavirus economic depression

8. You lose your job due to the coronavirus economic depression and future companies downplay the whole situation after the fact

9. You lose your job after spending a lot of money to keep it going

10. You lose your job after your internet goes down so you can no longer work from home

11. You lose your job “temporarily” and your company expects you to come back in better shape than you left

12. You lose your job “temporarily” and your company discovers how to replace you with robots or software, making the furlough permanent

13. You need a new job but finding a good one, or just one, has gotten a lot harder

14. You need a new job but you don't know how to find one in 2020

15. You need a new job but you can't find one, get evicted and lose healthcare access

16. You need a new job but you can't find one, and you need to crowdfund just to survive and pay the bills

17. You find a new job, but it puts you at risk of catching COVID-19 while trying to stop other people from catching it

18. This all eventually blows over, and you have to go back to a job you hate

On the lighter side…

19. This all eventually blows over, and you have to go back to a job with stinky, spoiled yogurt on your desk

Keep your chin up! It's not all bad

I recently co-hosted a chat with Jason Alba of JibberJobber and JobSearchProgram.com about some of the things you can do to make the best of the current job market:

You can also share your feelings and ask your own questions in the next JOSH chat-


Join us for the next JOSH video chat

Time: Monday, April 20th, at 9:00 PM Israel Standard Time (click here to check your local time)

There's NO registration for this chat, but there is a password that I'll email you on Monday. When it's time, simply visit the link to join the Zoom chat and paste in the password.

You can join in the chat using any smartphone, tablet or desktop computer that has an Internet connection.

You'll be able to ask or comment on anything over text chat or video chat.

Whether you have a job search question or just want to say hi, it would be great to meet you online.

Look forward to seeing you!


Question of the article

How do you think things could get worse in 2020? Tell us in the comments.

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