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Ways to Boost Your Career Success During the Pandemic

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Catherine Adenle

Explore ways to boost your career success during the Pandemic. Maintaining your career through Covid-19 can be an incredibly challenging especially if you don’t have a say in staying employed or not. However, pandemic and economic changes can also offer countless growth opportunities that allow you to boost your career success during the Pandemic.

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By Vanessa Holwell

These are ways to boost your career success during the pandemic. While maintaining a career through a global pandemic can be an incredibly challenging feat, economic changes can also offer countless growth opportunities. To boost your career growth beyond the recession, consider these steps toward expanding your horizons, increasing your skills, and even going rogue from the corporate track.

Explore Unconventional Paths

Depending on your skill set, you might find that the pandemic is offering unconventional yet lucrative prospects. Think about embarking on an offbeat career path that fits your existing expertise.

  • Research any potential career change—and be prepared for setbacks.
  • Rebrand yourself so that you’re poised for new and different opportunities.
  • Have a creative side? Consider embracing your performance hobby as a job prospect.
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    Develop Market-Relevant Skills

    Honing your skills is always advantageous when it comes to career changes. Consider a range of avenues for improving your skills—from learning through mentorship to earning a formal education.

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    • Learn the necessary skills for in-demand careers to get started.
    • Find a mentor in the market you’re interested in.
    • Consider starting a degree program locally or enrolling in an online university to attend classes remotely.

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    Turn to Self-Employment

    From remote work to e-commerce sales, there are plenty of opportunities for self-employment. In the post-pandemic climate, many workers are going rogue—and becoming more independent than ever.

    There are no guarantees when it comes to your career during an economic downturn. That’s why pivoting mid-pandemic might be the smartest strategy for growth. By thinking outside the box, honing your skills, and considering working for yourself, you can determine the best and most lucrative path post-pandemic. Then, you only need to jump into action.

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    Now that you have explored ways to boost your career success during the pandemic, what else can you add? Let’s hear from you. Leave your comments below.

     

    Founder, Catherine's Career Corner. The career site empowering and inspiring ambitious candidates of all ages and professions to thrive and work smarter on their careers. Gladly helping all career-minded people worldwide to explore their career, manage change and understand how new technologies are changing and enhancing the future of work.

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    Founder, Catherine's Career Corner. The career site empowering and inspiring ambitious candidates of all ages and professions to thrive and work smarter on their careers. Gladly helping all career-minded people worldwide to explore their career, manage change and understand how new technologies are changing and enhancing the future of work.

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