hey ambitious professionals it's linda
raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you
to a career and life
you'll truly enjoy so what i want to
share with you today
are the future work trends for 2021 and
beyond
now that we're at the end of 2020 and
there is a bit of light at the end of
the tunnel that we can see in the near
future
i want to share with you what job search
is going to look like what your work is
going to look like
and just really what this climate is
going to look like when it comes to your
career
so let's get into it
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as a career strategist i've had the
honor of being able to help
numerous ambitious corporate
professionals just like you to land
their dream job offers and so if this is
something that you're interested in
working with me one-on-one or learning
more about my free online workshops
i can give you details about that at the
end of this video
so so much has changed over the last
year for us
when it comes to working for you i'm
assuming that you
have had to transition to working from
home or perhaps you've lost your job
because it wasn't one that you could do
from home
and now you're wondering okay we're at
the end of this year
2020 what's going to happen for 2021 and
beyond when it comes to looking for a
job
or being in the job that we're at and
what is going to happen with our careers
so that's what i want to share with you
today here are some trends that i see
happening
over the next little while trend number
one
is that specialized skills will be more
sought
after versus well-rounded job candidates
what we're noticing is that hiring for
hiring managers for employers will be
much more focused
on what someone brings from a particular
skill set level
and that's simply because jobs are going
to be much more defined
and much more specific in what they're
asking for rather than having someone
who can
show up in the office and have all these
wonderful well-rounded skills that they
bring to the table
companies and hiring managers are
looking for much more specialized
skill sets why is this the case well
partially it's because of the fact that
we're all having to work from home
and when it comes to working from home
you're just focused on doing the job
that you have to do
you're not focusing on having to also
socialize with your team and show your
face
in a certain way or act a certain way to
your boss not necessarily i mean when
you're working from home you're doing
your job and yes you are meeting with
your boss
co-workers over video chat but
really you're focused on the work that
you have to do and hiring managers are
feeling that as well
so instead of looking for someone who's
going to be a fit
for the rest of the team and the company
who can show up and socialize with the
team properly every day
they care more about the skills that you
bring
and they care more about whether you're
going to be able to do that job
while working from home and you're going
to be able to do it well
so that's why the focus now is going to
be much more
on what can you bring from a specialized
skill set level
rather than are you a well-rounded
well-spoken candidate who's going to be
able to socialize and fit in well with
the team
and do the job trend number two
competition
for jobs is going to get stiffer again
because of the pandemic that we're in
it's forced all of us to have to work
from home and what that has done
to hiring managers is that they're
having to
find people to fill certain roles but
because anyone can work from home
location doesn't matter so therefore
there are
many more candidates that are applying
for certain opportunities
and so you are now up against not just
people
in your local town or city you're up
against people potentially from all over
the world
anyone who's willing to work those hours
willing to work for that company
and can do it from the comfort of their
own home
they're potentially your competition so
what this means for you
is that you need to make sure that you
are going to be an attractive candidate
for these hiring managers
and that you can beat out the
competition and the way to do that
is to have a very strong resume and to
have
very good interview skills now in terms
of your resume
if you've been finding that you've been
sending them off and you haven't been
hearing back
from hiring managers if you feel as
though your resume just goes into this
black hole of doom
over the internet then you really want
to focus on working on that resume and
fixing it
for the better so what i suggest is that
you can look online for tips i have many
tips myself i even have
a free online workshop that you can sign
up for the link is down below
it's called my resume mastery workshop
feel free to check it out
to improve your resume so that you can
beat the competition and when it comes
to interviews
those are also going to be extremely
competitive because again
you're competing against people who are
not just in your local city or town
you're potentially competing against
people across the country
again because of the fact that these
jobs are now digital and that we can
work remotely
so if you need help in that area with
interviews make sure that you sign up
for my free interview mastery workshop
the link is down below where you'll
learn some tips on how to be more
confident when it comes to answering
typical interview questions trend number
three
interviews will not entirely be
conducted virtually
so you're probably thinking hold on i
thought that everything was virtual i
thought interviewing was going to be
conducted virtually
just as it has been as well and to that
i say
yes that trend is going to continue
especially with first and potentially
second round interviews
they are going to be done virtually but
once this pandemic is over and hopefully
it's going to be over
soon what we'll find is that even though
first and second round interviews are
going to be conducted virtually
the final round interview is likely
going to be conducted in person
and that's just simply because from what
i've heard from hiring managers
is that they are finding it difficult to
really identify whether a candidate is
the right match for
the company by only interviewing them
through video chat
and so what they would like to
incorporate once this pandemic is over
is to be able to meet the person somehow
and i don't know how that's going to
work out i mean if it's just going to be
how it used to be where people come into
an office
and shake hands and meet each other then
that's what they want to be able to
incorporate
before they make the final hiring
decision so stay tuned for that because
not everything is going to be completely
virtual once this pandemic is over
the next trend is that jobs will
continue to be
work from home this i think is a given
in the past
just in the very recent past a lot of
companies did not think it was possible
to have a
completely virtual team but now they're
seeing that it is possible and it's
saving companies
a lot of money in terms of having to
rent out commercial space
and so i only see this continuing where
companies will
maintain this work from home lifestyle
for their employees
and i do think though they will
transition employees back and forth into
the office
here and there but for the most part
most jobs are going to be
work from home at least for the next few
years
and finally the last trend is that work
is going to be more focused on
the value you bring versus your face
time
or ability to socialize with your
co-workers
i think this will come as a sigh of
relief for those introverts who
have been working hard at their jobs but
feel that they haven't been recognized
in their workplaces because they haven't
been
the very extroverted sociable
individuals in their office
you no longer necessarily need to be
that way now that we're working from
home it's really more about the value
that you bring
what is the quality of the work that
you're doing how well are you doing it
and as long as you are able to still
communicate and stay in touch with your
co-workers with your manager and keep in
touch with them
allowing them to know what it is that
you've been working on and showing your
results
through the quality of your work that's
really where things are going to be
heading
i think in the past a lot of people have
been upset about how traditional work
office environments are like
and that is that you know the people
that schmooze and the people that brown
knows really well the people that
are really good at going out for coffee
with their
potential new managers and things and
are able to sort of brown nose their way
into getting a new job it just seemed
unfair i think now because of the
structure that we have it
where most of us are all pretty much
working from home
it's going to be a lot more difficult to
sort of get those types of jobs through
that way it's going to be more focused
on
the work that you do the value that you
bring the quality
of your work and that's going to allow
the rest of you
who are not necessarily extroverted in
that sense
to be able to get those opportunities
for promotion and to get those career
opportunities that you deserve so there
you have it
those are my top trends on what i see is
going to happen to the world of work for
2021 and beyond so stay tuned for those
and hopefully they helped you
now if you've been looking for a job for
the last little while and you have not
had much luck
with interviewing with sending out your
resume then
i definitely want to be able to help you
so first of all i
have a resume mastery workshop that is
completely free
that you can access the link is down
below sign up and register for that
because there you're going to learn tips
on how to create a compelling attractive
resume
that's going to gain the attention of
hiring managers secondly i also have
another free workshop when it comes to
interviewing
it's my interview strategy workshop
that's going to teach you
tips and tricks on how to be more
confident in interviews
and i actually walk you through a sample
interview question
with a full answer so you want to check
out the link down below
as well and finally if you're looking
for one-on-one professional help from me
then feel free to head on over to my
website lindaraynier.com
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