On the job hunt in the coronatijd: 'All the cool jobs are gone'

if you are attending, due to the corona virus, the chances to find a job in some of the sectors that is quickly fading away. We were still recovering from the last crisis, " says researcher Paul Bishop.

She had a list of about ten companies where they would like to work for after graduation. Iris Sijm (24) is stopped at the time of writing her thesis for her master's degree in Communication with an angled eye-to-eye. "I see a lot of jobs, which is to me a great lay, but that's because I haven't graduated it was, but I couldn't respond to it."

Now, Sijm, last week got a phone call that she has graduated, the jobs had disappeared. "I did this study after a bachelor's degree in tourism, so I have those two could be combined. But it doesn't seem to be in this industry in future is going to go."

at the beginning of the year, the jobs are there for the taking. According to figures published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, stood at the end of 2019 at the latest, per 100 unemployed, of 92 vacancies. According to the web site Werk.nl it is ESSENTIAL that deficit is now more noticeable under the pakketbezorgers, and health care workers. In the sectors of hospitality, tourism and events industry, it is in fact a difference.

Also, occupations with a good employment position may be affected
these data are very similar to those of the previous crisis in 2008. SEO Economic Research since 1998 to study, to work, to college graduates. "In 2008, we saw that in the cultural sector, tourism and so on, but also the management of hard hit," says senior investigator Paul Bishop. Industries such as health care, education, and ICT, which were then scarcely touched. "It will be that way."

the most Striking features of the current crisis is that even the professions that typically have a great status in the labour market have now hit. "The aviation and shipping industry, there has been almost no work to be done."

“In my new job, I was really looking, it wasn't working and my probation has not been extended.”

you can Also use the real-estate sector remain out of harm's way. Charles de Preter (24), and in February, out of school and had the luxury to even have a job to come. "My internship is in Amsterdam and offered me a job, but I just wanted to go in Groningen, the netherlands continue to be," says the ex-vastgoedstudent. He took a job at a real estate office, but after a couple of weeks later, he came home to work on. "Here I was, especially in front of me to look at, it wasn't working." What he feared was true: his period of probation by one month and was not renewed.

The real crisis is yet to come < / p> "at First, I thought that I will soon be back on the tank, it would come out, but soon I realized that this was not going to be easy." De Preter has worked for a month as a parcel delivery company, and was with his old company wasn't a help, but even that went away.

"Now, I'm a self-employed schadeopnames of the earthquakes in Groningen, the netherlands. Also, I would like to specialize in woningtaxaties, so in the end I may have my own case to start."

the Bishop warned that the crisis is likely to have the effect it can have on job opportunities. "We have just announced, from the point of 2017/2018, but that's still not as convenient as it was before the crisis. We were still reeling from that blow."

at Iris, Sijm, has decided to explore other opportunities in the communications and marketing will be a deposit. "I, and many others, it probably is", she laughs.