THREAD: Even as vaccines increasingly promise a return to something close to normal life in many places, the coronavirus pandemic seems sure to leave permanent scars on the global job market.http://apne.ws/J1Ch4xQ
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“I can’t get anything.” Gerardo González has applied for jobs at five companies in the month since he lost his job at a bakery in Mexico City. He has burned through his savings trying to support his family.
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“I just work three days a week, and this is not enough even for a single person.” Mohammed Gamal, who used to earn a decent living working full-time at a café in Egypt, had to send his wife and kids back to his parents’ house and is sharing a room with a friend to save on rent.
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At least 30% of the U.S. jobs lost to the pandemic aren’t expected to come back, many of them at hotels, restaurants, retailers and entertainment venues.http://apne.ws/E2KDMNC
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