Changing Career Prospects in a Post Covid World
Today, when teams are scattered across cities, with some colleagues having temporarily moved back to their hometown to work from the comfort of their own homes and when zoom meetings have now become the casual new way to discuss stuff, many of the concerns about working remotely have all but disappeared. With organisations adopting the remote work model and the pandemic triggering a reverse migration of sorts, there arises a question if new prospects of jobs and career growth across cities changed too? At a broader level, optimism levels of professionals have increased over the last few months,with roughly one in four individuals expecting an increase in job openings and even salary levels in the near future. It should not come as a surprise, but with COVID-19 creating a supply shortfall for digital talent, IT firms have upped their hiring targets for freshers. Global leader Aon projects an average of 7.3% increment in salaries this year for India Inc, up from 6.1% last year!! thwart