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If a recession does occur in 2023, most market watchers and economists believe it will be fundamentally different than any that have come before. What it means is that all the traditional strategies that business organisations have used in the past to weather recessionary storms will be of little value.

With the lowest unemployment rates and most pronounced skills gaps in the global labor market, the tech industry has been diligently searching for a more perfect solution to finding talent.

What support is there for employees of fast growing tech companies when they need to rescale their operations

The great reckoning: How the pandemic completely upended the career transition industry and what does it mean for future client support?

Career mobility the holy grail of talent management

Our new research found that while 68 percent of all respondents – leaders, frontline managers, and non-managers – believe that upskilling is important, 42 percent are concerned about not having skills that are relevant to the future of work. That’s largely because people are not getting access to skills and career development opportunity.

After listening to a senior leader leading a virtual team, I started to realise that not only was his team not benefitting from remote work, but the whole experience of virtual collaboration may be amplifying the problems that existed when teams were being formed or transformed.

Think beyond the obvious when building a network. “Everybody you know is your network. Everyone—from former colleagues, to suppliers, relatives and friends, to your dentist and people in community or leisure activities. Ask yourself, ‘who do I know?’ That’s your network.”

Heavy hitters in the career transition industry are pulling out of long-standing engagements. Career transition support has been pared way back. In a stroke of ultimate irony, the industry that has responded when employers need to downsize is undergoing its own unparalleled downsizing.

A career story goes way beyond your resume, degrees, or certifications. It’s a narrative that’s unique to you, where you have come from, and where you want to go.

The challenge going forward, as some workers choose to return to the pre-pandemic ways of things and others find they’d rather not, is how to ensure that resentments don’t build between your in-office and remote or hybrid workers.

A career path should provide you the opportunity to work hard, develop your skills, apply your experience, and reap the benefits through new challenges, higher salaries, and more prominent roles.