Don’t listen to pessimists:
This Is Why It’s Still Possible To Land A Job, Even Amid A Pandemic
The One Word You Need Is: Persistence
2020 has been a rough year for each industry & each sector. The economic turbulence has affected the job market tremendously in a way that surpassed the infamous 2008 crisis. As per LinkedIn economist, Ph.D. Guy Berger, the rate of unemployment in the U.S. has reached 14.7% in the highest unemployment rate in the history of data, which peaked in Oct 2009 with a 10.0% rate (source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
As the effects of the pandemic were catastrophic to certain companies like Airbnb who laid-off 25% of its workforce, and Uber who laid-off over 6,700 of it’s employees as a result of the 80% drop in its ride-hailing business; companies like the video conference platform Zoom has witnessed a breaking through that can never be cloned anytime soon, with a rise of its stocks value of 362% between Jan 31st & Jul 10th with its highest peak of $275.87 stock price.
