The Great Resignation: How the pandemic has catalysed career change

November has seen almost a quarter of workers actively planning to change employers within the next few months, with many planning to resign due to burnout caused by the pandemic.

The Skills Network’s recent Skills Gap Trend report, which analysed 1.5 million jobs has revealed that finance, auditing and accounting as the most in demand hard skills in the country, while communications, management and customer service top the list for in demand soft skills.

The top 10 most in-demand skills in the UK were revealed as: Finance. Auditing. Accounting. Agile Methodology. KPI’s. Business Development. Warehousing. Nursing. Mental Health. SQL.

The top 10 most in-demand soft skills in the UK were revealed as: Communications. Management Customer Service. Sales. Enthusiasm. Planning. Leadership. Detail Orientated. Innovation and Self - Motivation.

With such a vast staff turnover predicted, businesses are expected to face detrimental effects from the loss of employees due to lack of training, upskilling and low pay.

The ‘great resignation’ is set to happen in the next few months due to staff burnout rates soaring. Whilst the need for mental health skills has been steadily increasing throughout the last five years, the demand has catalysed since the pandemic and lockdown.

The full article can be found at - https://theskillsnetwork.com/blog/the-great-resignation-how-the-pandemic-has-catalysed-career-change