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5 Top Trends in Public Employment
High unemployment is creating pressure to link jobseekers to vacancies faster. Every government has needed to reassess the viability of their labor market solutions during and after the pandemic. Still, necessity is the mother of invention. There is some good news for the Public Employment Services tasked with restoring the economically active workforce. We identify 5 top trends in the world of Public Employment Services.
Governments using high-tech ‘dating’ algorithms to help jobseekers
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world of recruitment, resulting in unprecedented changes to the labor market. While we edge tentatively towards a ‘new normal’, smart Public Employment Services’ caseworkers are looking for “high-tech” solutions to create new employment opportunities.
WCC introduces its HERMES COVID-19 Health Dashboard
Tourism and business travel can only recover from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis by mitigating the risk of importing COVID-19 across borders. Solutions under consideration include introducing health passports for passengers and automated health controls on arrival. Anticipating the demand for innovative health security solutions, WCC has extended its HERMES Border Security solution to include a COVID-19 Health Dashboard.
The true impact of the global unemployment crisis
The events triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic during the last year have led most of us to evaluate our lives, and in some cases, our careers. Many have done so by choice; others have needed to do so in order to survive. Stringent and unprecedented measures were required to contain the pandemic and avoid the collapse of public health systems. Whilst these containment measures differed, and countries have been impacted to varying degrees, the resulting global unemployment crisis is a problem to be solved together. Find out more in our blog.