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Thousands of Canadians who have switched jobs or careers during the pandemic, in what some economists are calling a “major sectoral realignment” in the labour force, especially in the food services sector. torstar.co/9zGi50HUbLv

Without wanting to take much time — if any — to go back to school to retrain, many of these workers are identifying their transferable skills and marketing them as assets to enter into new fields.
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A LinkedIn survey of 3,161 Canadians conducted between October and December 2021 found that, among the 57 per cent of respondents open to new jobs, 42 per cent were considering switching industries, and 15 per cent have done just that in the last year.
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Better compensation was the top reason for wanting to make the switch, followed by an alignment with interests or values and a chance to increase responsibilities.
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Riva Gold, LinkedIn Canada’s senior news editor, said there has been a significant change during the pandemic in the hiring criteria employers are looking for in today’s job seekers.
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“There were a lot of roles where companies have either extended the traditional criteria that they’re looking for that may have once been a requirement via a degree, a programming language or a set of experiences,” said Gold.
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“Now they’re casting a much wider net and are much more open to micro-credentials — self-taught (transferable) skills that you’ve been able to put into practice in a project or even doing in-house training or rescaling programs.”

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