Behind every setback, an opportunity can be found. And while the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a chain reaction of setbacks for women around the world, it’s also provided an opportunity to raise awareness about gender inequality in the labour market. New global research from ManpowerGroup sheds light on this, outlining how women’s career trajectories have been disproportionately impacted by COVID and why the risk of a “She-Cession” is real.

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Now more than ever, digital competency is key to ongoing employability – and virtual outplacement support is here to help. As many of us continue to work remotely, digitisation has accelerated across multiple sectors, including career development. Whilst virtual learning isn’t new, the rapid move from face-to-face to online has driven innovation and change within outplacement delivery.

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Here are some of our tips and ideas to consider when thinking about setting up your own business in 2021. Self-employment is an overarching term for several different potential career paths that might form a part of a career plan. And Right Management’s offering around self-employment covers setting up your own business all the way through to pursuing the option of interim management and contracting.

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More than ever before, the year 2020 solidified the important role Human Resources plays in growing today’s organisations. The global pandemic and social movements highlighting inequalities helped companies refocus on what’s most important to employees: health, upskilling and transparency. Those looking to have the right talent today, and for the future, are beginning to build these themes into their sustainability strategy, and HR is in the lead.

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With last year behind us, it’s important that you understand how to approach the job market in the most effective way. 2020 really was a topsy-turvy year than none of us could’ve predicted. And for those of us looking to make our next career move, 2021 holds some promise but also uncertainty and possible trepidation.

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As the world emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, work will look forever transformed. The changes that 2021 brings will include faster digitisation across industries as well as adaptations to this new reality. Skills Revolution Reboot: The 3R’s – Renew, Reskill, Redeploy, ManpowerGroup’s newly-released research, highlights key trends seen in response to the pandemic and the future of jobs.

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For some of us, the option to retire is a real possibility – although you may have had very little time to explore what this really means. A life full of activities such as handling job responsibilities, looking after children as well as a myriad of other things might have kept you focused on day-to-day concerns with little time for anything else.

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Much has been said about the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on today’s workplace. Not long ago, being trusted and provided with the equipment necessary to work at home was viewed as a fringe benefit by many companies. Now, remote working has become the new normal.

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As we continue to see workforces changing rapidly, Human Resources has found itself at the centre of change – and growth. In 2018, a majority of employers had no plans to increase headcount in HR functions, with some set to decrease. Fast forward two years and the crisis of a pandemic later, and today there is a global net 15% increase in headcount by those employers that plan to automate most, according to newly-released ManpowerGroup research, Skills Revolution Reboot: The 3R’s-Renew, Reskill, Redeploy.

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