During 2019, a highly contagious virus namely Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread across the world and has dramatically affected people’s life. Background Information (broader picture of the issue): The virus is still on-going and it has changed our lifestyle. In order to curb the virus, people have started to implement the policy of working from home and wearing mask, which is different from the past. Thesis statement: Hence, people need to adapt to the new changes and get used to the new working lifestyle.
The four skills staff members should possess in order to survive and thrive in the workplace post-COVID is to learn and adapt the digital skill and work from home.
Due to this pandemic, people need to work from home to reduce the risk of getting infected by virus. Hence every people should have mastered a degree of technological skill to ensure work can done at home without problem. A good digital skill will help people to maintain a good relationship with their organization’s stakeholders which are clients, partners, suppliers, and public authorities without real life contact. It also will give people a clear knowledge of technology, data concepts, and processes including data visualization, applied machine learning, and advance analytics. For example, engineers can collect data from internet to analyze and control the machine virtually to ensure the production run smoothly.
Second is to have a strong social and emotional skill during this pandemic. Due to this pandemic, people require to work from home and this might cause an emotional problem to them. People require interaction with each other to stay connected and since working from home, the face-to-face interaction will be reduced. Having a strong emotional skill can help people to stay focus on work because people can get distracted easily when working from home. For instance, distractions from family members or pets while you are working. Hence having strong emotional skill can enhance one’s working performance as compared with those people with weak emotional skill. People should strengthen their social skill to maintain strong professional ties and create with grow client relationships, drive change, and support employees remotely, leaders will need advanced communication and interpersonal skills, including empathy. For example, a retail bank client advisor should learn virtual skill to cultivate social and emotional skills to develop for the relationships he used to nurture in person.
Thirdly is having a good critical thinking during this pandemic. Due to this pandemic, people are getting hard to contact peoples and consult opinion or solution in the workforce. A good critical thinking also can help people to build self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-reliance to increase their performance during this pandemic. It can increase their ability to solve problem with lesser time and strengthen their own mental wellness. For example, an engineer should have a good critical thinking during this pandemic so it can solve the production problem virtually without going to the physical site. Critical thinking also can help people to diagnose problem more effectively and increase one’s productivity. For instance, factory manager should manage their employees to work in shift to avoid the spread of getting infected by virus. Malaysia government had limited the number of employees in factory during this pandemic and it cause employees need work in shift so having critical thinking is important to ensure the production run without any problem.
Lastly is having flexibility and adaptability during this pandemic. People should learn to be more flexible and adaptable due to the working environment is changing. Due to pandemic is still on going and is expected to be there for years, people should learn the ability to work from home to avoid virus infection. For example, a teacher should master the computer skills to create lecture videos to the students, which helps to curb the spread of virus. People also should be flexible and adapt to learn the IT skills during this pandemic. For example, many businesses now have ventured into online platforms such as Shopee and Lazada during this pandemic. Hence the business owner needs to be tech-savvy and ensure their employee to learn the IT skill as well. Therefore, people should always be open minded with flexibility and adaptability to learn new skill so they can strive during this pandemic.
In conclusion, COVID-19 pandemic is still on-going and will take many years for people to recover from this virus. Prediction or issue in broader context: Therefore, people are encouraged to learn new skills and adapt to the new working lifestyle and to strive from the pandemic.
During 2019, a
highly
contagious
virus
namely
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread across the world and has
dramatically
affected
people’s
life. Background Information (broader picture of the issue): The
virus
is
still
on-going
and it has
changed
our lifestyle. In order to curb the
virus
,
people
have
started
to implement the policy of
working
from home and wearing mask, which is
different
from the past. Thesis statement:
Hence
,
people
need
to
adapt
to the
new
changes
and
get
used
to the
new
working
lifestyle.
The four
skills
staff members should possess in order to survive and thrive in the workplace post-COVID is to
learn
and
adapt
the digital
skill
and
work
from home.
Due to this pandemic,
people
need
to
work
from home to
reduce
the
risk
of getting infected by
virus
.
Hence
every
people
should have mastered a degree of technological
skill
to
ensure
work
can
done
at home without
problem
. A
good
digital
skill
will
help
people
to maintain a
good
relationship with their organization’s stakeholders which are clients, partners, suppliers, and public authorities without real life contact. It
also
will give
people
a
clear
knowledge of technology, data concepts, and processes including data visualization, applied machine learning, and advance analytics. For
example
, engineers can collect data from internet to analyze and control the machine
virtually
to
ensure
the production run
smoothly
.
Second is to have a
strong
social and
emotional
skill
during this pandemic.
Due
to this pandemic,
people
require to
work
from home and this might cause an
emotional
problem
to them.
People
require interaction with each other to stay connected and since
working
from home, the face-to-face interaction will be
reduced
.
Having
a
strong
emotional
skill
can
help
people
to stay focus on
work
because
people
can
get
distracted
easily
when
working
from home.
For instance
, distractions from family members or pets while you are
working
.
Hence
having
strong
emotional
skill
can enhance one’s
working
performance as compared with those
people
with weak
emotional
skill
.
People
should strengthen their social
skill
to maintain
strong
professional ties and create with grow client relationships, drive
change
, and support
employees
remotely
, leaders will
need
advanced communication and interpersonal
skills
, including empathy. For
example
, a retail bank client advisor should
learn
virtual
skill
to cultivate social and
emotional
skills
to develop for the relationships he
used
to nurture in person.
Thirdly
is
having
a
good
critical
thinking
during this pandemic.
Due
to this pandemic,
people
are getting
hard
to contact
peoples
and consult opinion or solution in the workforce. A
good
critical
thinking
also
can
help
people
to build self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-reliance to increase their performance during this pandemic. It can increase their ability to solve
problem
with lesser time and strengthen their
own
mental wellness. For
example
, an engineer should have a
good
critical
thinking
during this pandemic
so
it can solve the production
problem
virtually
without going to the physical site.
Critical
thinking
also
can
help
people
to diagnose
problem
more
effectively
and increase one’s productivity.
For instance
, factory manager should manage their
employees
to
work
in shift to avoid the spread of getting infected by
virus
. Malaysia
government
had limited the number of
employees
in factory during this pandemic and it
cause
employees
need
work
in shift
so
having
critical
thinking
is
important
to
ensure
the production run without any problem.
Lastly
is
having
flexibility and adaptability during this pandemic.
People
should
learn
to be more flexible and adaptable
due
to the
working
environment is changing.
Due
to pandemic is
still
on going and is
expected
to be there for years,
people
should
learn
the ability to
work
from home to avoid
virus
infection. For
example
, a teacher should master the computer
skills
to create lecture videos to the students, which
helps
to curb the spread of
virus
.
People
also
should be flexible and
adapt
to
learn
the IT
skills
during this pandemic. For
example
,
many
businesses
now
have ventured into online platforms such as
Shopee
and
Lazada
during this pandemic.
Hence
the business owner
needs
to be tech-savvy and
ensure
their
employee
to
learn
the IT
skill
as well
.
Therefore
,
people
should always be
open minded
with flexibility and adaptability to
learn
new
skill
so
they can strive during this pandemic.
In conclusion
, COVID-19 pandemic is
still
on-going
and will take
many
years for
people
to recover from this
virus
. Prediction or issue in broader context:
Therefore
,
people
are encouraged
to
learn
new
skills
and
adapt
to the
new
working
lifestyle and to strive from the pandemic.