There’s an opportunity in every crisis as well as the COVID-19 situation. There’s a strong impact on many careers leading to income loss and unemployment but some careers are on the rise during COVID-19 because people are well-adjusted swiftly and can make a lot of money. Manpower Group (Thailand), CO., Ltd. conducted a survey about jobs in high demand over the COVID-19. Here are 9 careers found on the rise. 

1. E-commerce business and Online marketing

During lockdown or work from home, many people are under stress as they can hardly go out, and one way to relieve their anxiety is online shopping. Thus, online marketing has become the only survival channel for entrepreneurs, especially health products, such as face masks, hand gel, sanitizer spray including frequently-used household and consumer goods. People also make online orders for home decoration and fashionable products to fit work from home environment so this is truly a golden era of online marketing.

2.Logistics & Supply Chain

The continual growth of E-commerce business and marketing online results in an extension of Logistics and Supply Chain, for example; inventory, staff in several areas like sorting, stock controlling, and packing. All those careers now become significant and meet marketing demand.

3.Household and Consumer Goods production

No matter what the situation will be, household and consumer products are always our daily necessities including dry, frozen, and processed food. Toilet rolls are also highly needed in some countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides, most consumers tend to stock household products much more than usual as it’s uncertain when this outbreak will end. 

4. IT & Technology

As almost all organizations are working from home, this trend has driven some careers to become favorable, for example; platform services, IT Helpdesk, Programmer, and Developers who serve office employees to work online, meeting online, or platforms for working from home as efficient as at the office. 

5.Healthcare

As COVID-19 is a pandemic disease; therefore, there’s a great demand for medical officials who considered the significant profession, for example; Doctors, Nurses, Assistant Nurses, Pharmacists, and Health Experts. 

6. Home Lifestyle Solutions: Supporting tools, appliances, and devices for those who mostly spend time at home in the following categories.

• Work from Home tools: Computer, Notebook, Computer or Notebook camera, Working desk, and chair, Headsets for online meeting, etc.
  
  
• Entertainment device: TV, Speaker, Stereo, Live broadcast equipment, Mobile tripod, etc.
  
  
• Health devices: Fitness equipment, Yoga mat, Jumping rope, Dumbbell, Treadmill, etc.
  
  
• Family tools: Kid education tools and toys, etc.
  
  
• Home decoration accessories 

7. Home service

Battery change/film installation/Air conditioner cleaning for car, Mobile Phone repair, Home-haircut, Home-ozone cleaning, etc. 

8.Retail business

Due to the COVID-19 situation, some consumer groups don’t visit Department stores or supermarkets but they’d rather go shopping at Convenient stores and Minimart. Therefore, there’s a high demand of staff in those places, for example; Stock controller, Product sorter, Cashier, and Delivery staff.

9. Delivery service

While the pandemic still exists, it’s a golden opportunity for delivery services, especially Food delivery as people can’t eat outside. Anyway, their demand for consuming food from restaurants remains unchanged so Food delivery has become a good solution in this era. As a result, any career related to delivery service is in great demand accordingly.

Additionally, there’re a wide variety of popular jobs during COVID-19 such as packaging manufacturing for safety products and household & consumer goods, scientist and R&D related jobs, Digital Marketing Communications, E-learning, Insurance sales, and Freelance jobs like Blogger, Reviewer, YouTuber, Page admin, etc. In the world full of uncertainty like COVID-19 crisis, you should better seize the opportunities around you and adjust yourself to changing situation, learn to develop and enhance your potential to meet labor market needs.

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Reference :

https://www.manpowerthailand.com/blog/2020/04/who-is-unemployed-raise-your-hand-17-career-backed-among-covid-en