COUNSELING AND EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ASSESSMENT

  • EGBULE, Elizabeth Osita (Ph.D.) DEPARTMENT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLNG, DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA
Keywords: Assessment, Unemployment, COVID-19 Pandemic, Counselling

Abstract

This paper discusses the effects of the unemployment rate assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic era on counseling and education. The study emphasized the COVID-19 idea as well as the unemployment notion. The impact of COVID-19 on employment was also explored. It also discussed the counseling and educational implications for developing the employability skills required in today's fiercely competitive and selective labor market in order to lower the jobless rate in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic in the twenty-first century. Once more, it considered job counseling as something that ought to be made a need in the post-COVID-19 period of the 21st century in order to lower the unemployment rate. Therefore, career counseling might be a wealth of knowledge for providing the employability abilities that employers of labour look for from job applicants during job interviews. The article included recommendations that, if taken up and put into practice, may assist to lower the high rate of unemployment experienced globally following the COVID-19 epidemic in the twenty-first century. The report emphasizes how important it is for governments to be able to address the problems associated with unemployment. If there is increased cooperation and collaboration among peoples and nations, this task may be carried out with ease and efficiency.

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Published
2023-05-07
How to Cite
Elizabeth Osita, E. (2023). COUNSELING AND EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ASSESSMENT. GPH-International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 6(04), 55-62. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7903833