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Retail (The Back End) While brick and mortar needs are scaled back, businesses are busy shifting to meet the needs of their customers through online platforms. This creates new positions for selling, customer service and engaging with customers through online platforms. Tech-savy individuals may be able to find themselves helping a local business adapt to e-commerce or, joining a large company expanding their online operations.
Procurement and Supply Chain Managers Many businesses are adjusting to new supply chain models. With COVID19 restrictions, their buying needs have changed, too (think PPE). Companies will look to hire help for adapting to this shift, needing people to plan, implement and manage new supply chains.
Logistics and Warehousing While demand shifts and people begin to order more online, it’s not just ecommerce that will need more hands on deck. Shipping, inventory, and order fulfillment are all areas that will see a spike in hiring to help meet the needs of an online customer base. Businesses will need help meeting inventory demands, and products will shift to warehouses, rather than stores.
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So... Who’s Hiring? It’s true, job postings and positions fell over 40% at the beginning of the pandemic. But as the country looks to reopen, where will your next job opportunity be? Here are some of the departments and fields where hiring is on the upward.
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Health & Safety Administration As businesses adapt to COVID19 restrictions for an unforeseeable amount of time, their needs for managing these restrictions are increasing. There will be a need for coordinating rollouts, implementations and compliance of these new policies across large organizations and on many different levels, opening up a new line of work.
Companies are changing rapidly, and they want to let people know. The best way to do that? Investing in their marketing. As things move online, companies will need more help with their social media game, and people who understand it will be poised for success. Businesses will look to expand their marketing and communication teams, or outsource them to marketing agencies (who will do the hiring instead).
