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From time-management, communication skills to emotional intelligence. These are the three soft skills that will help you adjust to the post-COVID world of work.

Virtual apprenticeships may be good for acquiring new skills, but they can't always help candidates apply them in practice.

Even after lockdown ends, many companies are still thinking in terms of a distributed office: employees working in the office, from home and from shared workspaces. The new post-COVID workplaces will rely on technology.

COVID-19 will lead to a major IT infrastructure upgrade, travelling for work is slow to take off, Microsoft wants to give employees the option to work from the office, small talk can make you feel better and younger leaders are more trusted. These are the topics dominating this week’s news from the world of work.

The jobs most in-demand are to be found in information technology, healthcare and the green economy. Though government support will also be needed.

Artificial Intelligence is here to stay but while its presence is widely accepted, its application in recruitment has many pitfalls. With the coronavirus economy and reinvigorated debate on inclusion and discrimination, it is important that AI helps us fix the bias, not exaggerate it.

The possibilities for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the post-COVID-19 workplace are virtually limitless. The challenges for the successful introduction of AI in businesses, however, are not likely to be the tech, but will center on trust, training and transparency.

How to take concrete steps to promote equality, June as Pride Month, the reskilling revolution, the rise of e-commerce and the prolonged recession; these are the topics dominating this week’s TOP 5 trends in the world of work.

A report by the World Bank has highlighted that many of the service sector jobs that are hit hard by the current crisis are disproportionately female.