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Our Annual Blog Roundup for 2020

Posted on 12/18/2020
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Looking back at our most popular blogs in 2020.

Employers Job seekers

2020 has certainly been a year for the books. With a global pandemic that has affected every aspect of our lives, the world of work has been no exception. Our readers have made that clear — from staying motivated to retooling resumes, our most-read blogs this year helped you adapt your work lives to the new normal. So, as we say goodbye to 2020, Roevin takes a look back at the blogs and resources that had the biggest impact on our readers.

Job Seeker

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2020 brought an unprecedented amount of uncertainty to job seekers’ lives. Many of our popular blogs addressed this uncertainty by providing strategies for finding work in 2020.

Many of our readers turned to our resume and job search resources for advice on navigating the job market. The first stop was our complete guide to writing your resume for IT professionals – from the research stage to formatting, our guide showed you how to create high-quality resumes to truly stand out. Plus, we also showed you how your resume should change if you’re looking for work in a new industry due to COVID-19 unemployment.

Your resume wasn’t the only thing you wanted to change. Upskilling has been a big topic throughout the pandemic — especially with the abundance of virtual learning opportunities. We showed you how to get started gaining new work skills by upskilling and gave you some hints at which skills would make you more employable after COVID-19. We also argued for the value of virtual networking and how to stand out when you can’t meet in person. Then, we helped you ace that phone interview with examples of the most common phone interview questions and how to answer them.

Most important, however, was taking care of your mental health. Our popular blog on 6 tips for coping with stress and anxiety provided strategies for taking care of yourself during the pandemic.

Employers

For many employers, lockdown tested work-from-home policies and capabilities. The initial shock of implementing large-scale working from home arrangements meant we had to learn an entirely new way of working with the help of the many home office tips and communication tricks that we’ve come to embrace over the past nine months. But as we accepted that we were going to be in it for the long haul, embracing the new working normal and planning for virtual growth was going to be the name of the game.

Of course, this meant we had to start focusing on how we worked remotely. As much as we may want to ignore them, meetings are a necessary part of the success of your workplace. Having virtual meetings every day required a new set of rules for holding effective remote meetings. And in finding that meetings could be conducted successfully, we looked at how organizations were evaluating alternate working arrangements that give workers more flexibility.

Many of our readers were hiring and wanted the lowdown on interview questions to ask IT professionals. And to continue the hiring journey, we also provided our guide to virtual onboarding, where we went through the new must-have employee onboarding checklist.

Importantly, we also looked at diversity and inclusion in the workplace and how the upheaval caused by the pandemic presents an opportunity to center diversity and inclusion in your recovery strategy and build your organization back better.

Looking Forward

With the end of the pandemic a distant but increasingly tangible point in the future, we know work may never go back to the way it was before. But we’re optimistic that the lessons learned throughout this pandemic will make the future of work an inclusive and supportive environment that works for everyone.

And we’ll be here to tell you about it. Thank you for your continued support. Keep safe and healthy.

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