In this post I share a list of jobs that are currently opening up due to the global coronavirus pandemic and the skills necessary to survive the post-corona job market.
The coronavirus has indeed changed the job market as we knew it.
With the global coronavirus pandemic, there are people who are losing their jobs; as well as many others that are benefiting from this near-tragedy due to the vital skills they posses.
What's Covered in This Article
Third-party staffing & recruiting firms
These firms are being used to rapidly fill the high-demand contract job positions that have arisen due to the corona virus pandemic.
Health care workers
The brave professional heroes on the frontlines helping treat patients during this pandemic.
Skills required range from microbiologist, nurses, doctors to clinical officers.
Fulfillment and delivery workers
Mostly boda boda riders.
To keep up with the massive demand for online deliveries triggered by self-isolation; and to cope with panic buying as people become anxious, businesses that offer online deliveries for both emergency medical supplies as well as groceries are hiring more and more delivery staff and in-store workers.
Scientists
To help find a cure and/or vaccine for Covid-19
Data scientists/specialists
To help businesses Unlock new opportunities for growth by discovering insights, automate processes, and predictive modeling
Health communications specialists and consultants
To help address the sensitive topic of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) with the public and other stakeholders.
Technicians and helpdesk staff
To help companies transition to working from home.
Human telehealth services
With corona cases multiplying day by day, many people are uncomfortable visiting hospitals for fear of catching the virus, hence the increasing demand for telehealth services.
Pet telehealth services
With more and more people social distancing, they can’t visit traditional vet doctors at their physical locations, hence the increasing need for vet services to be dispensed virtually.
Video game makers
With the level of boredom, it just makes sense to have these guys on the list.
Tech engineers, coders and executives of tech companies providing remote working and learning facilities
To enable making remote working and/learning from home a lot easier.
Although schools are physically closed, students must still learn and teachers are thus forced to conducting classes virtually online using various facilities such as Zoom.
According to the Financial Times, “Tech companies are still hiring feverishly as they move to take advantage of a world shifting increasingly to digital as a result of the coronavirus, despite mass lay-offs elsewhere and growing concerns over plummeting global markets.”
Online tutor for general elementary school subjects
Although schools are physically closed, students must still learn.
This is where online tutors come in handy to support the students to study remotely.
Disaster response and emergency specialists
These specialists are mostly being hired by NGOs.
