Post-pandemic | 59% of Brits want to retrain in new line of work

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted just how essential soft skills are to the agility of companies. Many companies, especially those having to operate with a reduced workforce as staff remain furloughed, will have relied on the ability of staff to take an ‘all hands’ approach to ensuring that work continues.

In addition to this, many thousands of Brits have unfortunately lost their jobs as a result of the economic fallout from COVID, forcing many to find new work in a challenging period. As a result, new research from CV-Library has discovered that a staggering 59% of Brits have said that they would be willing to reskill and retrain in a new line of work.

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The company surveyed 1,700 UK professionals to gain an understanding of how workers feel about their job search. The most common reason for people wanting to reskill was because they want to make themselves more employable, with 51.8% of respondents citing this as their key motivator, followed by the fact that they can’t find a job at 32.4% and because they want better job security at 32%.

In addition to this, 30.3% say they want to do a more meaningful job, 29.1% want a role with a higher salary. Still, a significant 18.5% stated that their key motivation is simply a desire to change industries.