Le Lézard
Classified in: Science and technology, Business, Covid-19 virus
Subject: SVY

Survey: 57% of Today's Newly Unemployed Can't List the Skills That Will Get Them Their Next Job


SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A majority of job seekers can't capture transferable skills on their resumes or identify how those skills apply to other industries, according to a LiveCareer national survey of 1,519 people left unemployed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Furthermore, these job seekers are not comfortable speaking with potential employers about those key skill sets. Collectively, these findings reveal a significant gap in knowledge about transferable skills as well as confidence in how to use them among the more than 36.4 million U.S. workers who filed for unemployment between March 21st through May 9th.

This inability to understand and articulate their transferable skills threatens to make the stay on the unemployment rolls much longer for millions of job seekers who sorely need work.

"Understanding how to apply existing skills to a new job, perhaps in a different industry, could get job seekers the jobs they need to support their families in this unprecedented unemployment situation," said Doug Jackson, Co-Chief Executive Officer of BOLD.

Seeing this need, LiveCareer created a special resource to help job seekers showcase their unique skills and abilities to employers to quickly land employment. This collection of articles, tips and guides provides workers with positive and actionable advice on attaining and maintaining employment during and after the coronavirus crisis, which continues to reshape the employment landscape.

LiveCareer's Skills Match Series is the centerpiece of the Your Guide to Navigating Employment and the Coronavirus Pandemic resource site. Through this series, the more than 36.4 million workers who filed jobless claims can learn how to use the skills they have developed to find employment in industries that are currently hiring.

LiveCareer's approach is simple:

"Once we saw how rapidly the unemployment numbers were growing, we quickly adapted to create customer-focused resources to help job seekers impacted by layoffs or furloughs redirect their skills to industries that were growing," Jackson said. "Our resource center provides them with assistance to attain professional and financial security, and aligns with BOLD's goal to transform work lives."

See the survey results in our Transferable Skills Infographic

About the survey 
Data collection occurred over a period of five days, May 6?May 11, 2020. During the online survey administration, a total population of 36,492,000 U.S. workers had already filed jobless claims between March 21 and May 9 due to the economic collapse caused by COVID-19. The sample collected (n = 1,519) is representative of the U.S. labor force according to known distributions of gender, geographical region and age group, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. At a 95% confidence level, the margin of error is +/- 2.5%.

LiveCareer is a site operated by BOLD LLC, which is committed to helping job seekers transform their work lives.

If you would like more information about LiveCareer or BOLD LLC, please contact Shon Dellinger, BOLD's SVP, Strategy & Corporate Development at 787.705.3125 or [email protected]

SOURCE LiveCareer


These press releases may also interest you

at 08:15
Maverix Medical, a dedicated lung cancer platform established by Ajax Health, KKR, and Hologic, Inc., today announced the acquisition of Cirrus Bio for an undisclosed amount....

at 08:03
The American Red Cross celebrates The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, headquartered in Salt Lake City, for its substantial donation of $7.35 million. The gift will help purchase blood equipment and biomedical emergency vehicles and will...

at 08:00
Bidpath Inc., a leading provider of global online auction software, proudly announces the launch of AuctionPay, a cutting-edge payments platform designed to revolutionize auction payments. With a focus on efficiency, security, and user-centric...

at 08:00
SC Ventures, Standard Chartered's innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, is leading a ?12 million (USD $13 million) Series A round for distributed cloud provider Hive, to increase access to sustainable, high-powered computing resources for...

at 08:00
Callon Petroleum Company ("Callon" or the "Company") today announced the expiration and final tender results of its previously announced cash tender offers (the "Offers") for any and all of its 8.000% Senior Notes due 2028 (the "2028 Notes") and any...

at 08:00
The parties in Severa, et al. v. Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC, et al., announce that Judge Noel Hillman of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey has preliminarily approved a class action settlement. The hearing on...



News published on and distributed by: