Blame It On COVID-19: How Fear of Job Losses, Pay Cuts Adding To Anxiety Syndrome

It바카라�s something professional 바카라�headhunter바카라� Kamal Karanth wasn바카라�t prepared for. Interestingly, in the last three weeks, he has noticed that the number of technology folk exploring new jobs has increased. 바카라�Ninety per cent of people who are getting calls from recruiters today are eng­aging in an exploration conversation,바카라� says Karanth, co-f­o­under, Xpheno. In the past, only about half of those who got a call would be interested. He바카라�s not sure why but reckons it바카라�s a mix of two scenarios바카라�either that some people are bored, confined to homes, and so wouldn바카라�t say no to a conversation, or that some are anxious about job losses and pay-cuts and want to explore options. Of course, the job market is just a fraction of what it normally is, given the economic situation worldwide.

Some companies, he says, are using this time to build a pipeline. A Bangalore-based IT executive who says his firm has been on-boarding people 바카라�virtually바카라�, even if some will only start work much later, concurs. But he also gets anxious calls from those who haven바카라�t got an offer yet.

Kerala-based psychiatrist Arun B. Nair says he has rec바카라�eived a few calls on a helpline from people with job insecurities. 바카라�Many people are trying to make their positions safe by exploring other options, by having a Plan B. The same goes for people with small businesses,바카라� he says. Typically, the counselling approach he has taken is to give them a wider perspective of what바카라�s happening globally. Even students of professional courses, especially medicine, have called on the helplines, worried about their education loans, he says. 바카라�Considering the nature of the pandemic, they fear that it would go on for a long period,바카라� says Nair. 바카라�We give them infor­mation regarding the moratorium (on loan EMIs) and fin­ancial package the government has ann바카라�ounced. Typically, with factual information, they understand that it바카라�s not an isolated problem affecting them alone.바카라�

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