Work in 2021-2025: An optimistic and pessimistic COVID scenario and their career implications

There’s increasing evidence that quelling the COVID pandemic will require a high degree of compliance from a high percentage of the population. It’s possible but far from a certainty that this will occur and, importantly, that it will be sustained until the population acquires sufficient herd immunity and/or a good-enough vaccine is developed.

I’ve offered my career counseling clients the career implications of both an optimistic and a pessimistic COVID scenario and I’ve decided to share them with you here.

How to Make Best Use of a Career Counselor, Coach or Adviser

Career counselors, coaches, and advisers are, in my view, of greatest value, not to people who are choosing a career or trying to land a job, but on the job: coaching on management, communication, time and stress management. I make that case in my TIME.com article today.