In the last post of this series, we would like to shift focus to what we have lost in this phase. Despite the many silver linings & opportunities touched upon so far, there is no denying that the pandemic has been a catastrophe for many, in terms of loss of lives as well as livelihood. We only need to browse through our LinkedIn notifications to see the widespread job losses and strife triggered by the pandemic.

In this scenario, we feel the subject of this series is even more significant for such individuals. This is as good a time as any, to reinvent individual careers.

We speak to those who have been forced to look for new opportunities in this period, as well as those whose career graphs may be plateauing. We urge you to use this phase to reflect on your careers & explore avenues for re-skilling & reinvention. Are there new age skill-sets that you can develop to become more future-proof? Are there ways to monetize dormant talents? Is this a chance to hang up the dreary corporate boots & chase a passion?

To come out of this pandemic with the same perspectives on one’s career & life as before, would, in the words of Winston Churchill, be to let a good crisis go to waste.