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COVID upended the job market & focused employers on skills
Pandemic Put Skills Top of Mind in a Job-Seeker’s Market — LinkedIn Exec | Global Stage| GZERO Media
October 02, 2022
COVID had few silver linings. But perhaps one of them is that it upended the labor market in ways that, for once, favored workers over employers.
The switch to virtual meant that recruiters were forced to urgently find people with the right digital skills instead of waiting for those that had gone to the "right" schools.
"The talent market became a little dry," Jonathan Rochelle, VP of Product Management, Learning Content & Instructor Experience at Linkedin, says during a Global Stage livestream discussion.
LinkedIn data, he adds, shows that the trend continues to grow.
Watch the full Global Stage discussion, live from the 77th UN General Assembly.
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