ERIC Number: ED624174
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 10
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New Skill Requirements and Young Workers in the Professional World with the COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International EJERCongress (2022)
The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which emerged on December 31, 2019 in the People's Republic of China, has been declared as a global epidemic by the World Health Organization. Countries primarily aimed to reduce the spread of the epidemic so that health services would not be disrupted and loss of life would be prevented. In addition to the health measures taken, countries have also taken actions to maintain the balance of income distribution and ensure the continuation of judicial, educational and working life. It can be said that the physical distance and closure, which are at the beginning of the measures taken, affect the professional world differently on a sectoral basis and change the expectations of employees and employers. In this process, concepts such as remote work, online work, working from home, flexible working, which are often used interchangeably, have quickly entered our lives. The use of various applications that already exist has also become widespread with COVID-19. Individuals in professional life faced the risks of losing their jobs, changing their personal rights and income insecurity. Employees needed to follow the transformation of professions and jobs and new skill requirements have emerged according to this transformation. The epidemic affects individuals in different ways according to age and chronic disease status. This effect varies according to working conditions along with the risk of catching an epidemic. On the other hand, although young people differ from the rest of the population in terms of their ability to adapt to the changing dynamics of business life and technology, they have encountered various disadvantages such as the limitation of job opportunities, lack of technological tools and equipment, working conditions, and not being able to benefit from national and international internship opportunities, especially in the COVID-19 process. From a sociological point of view, this paper discusses how the changes in the social structure accelerated by COVID-19 affect professional life especially for young employees. [This paper was published in: "EJERCongress 2022 Conference Proceedings," Ani Publishing, 2022, pp. 64-73.]
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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