Dear Sir,
I got a job in mid-February 2020 in the UAE. All medical tests were done.
However, by mid-March, the COVID lockdown was announced by government of India, which resulted in the cancellation of the project. I came to know about this in November 2020.
My work experience has been abroad for 15 years and many employers are sceptical about employing me in India.
I started a tie-up of apparel business in September 2020 in the Mumbai region. But, due to COVID, no one is buying new apparels after Diwali.
I am into daily prayers, exercise and yoga but I am at times depressed due to the current pandemic and the slow economy. There have been numerous fights in my house due to no income.
I am seeking your necessary professional help to revive my career again.
What should I do?
Shivaram Viswanathan

Dear Mayank,I have been in the banking retail sector for 20 years and have been doing my private consultancy business for financial products since September 2019.COVID has impacted me very badly as I have not been getting enough business since it started.All my savings are exhausted.Should I do a job again to make ends meet? There is age and package issue also (my age is 48 and my last package was Rs 12.50 lakhs).Please suggest what I should do.Regards,Pradeep

Dear Sir,First of all, I would like to keep my question anonymous.I am in Bengaluru and have completed my PGDM in marketing.Immediately after I graduated, I got a marketing internship offer from a reputed FMCG company and worked there for six months.But I failed to get any employment in marketing thereafter and had to satisfy myself with sales/operations in small companies despite my wish to be in the field of marketing.Thus, for the past two years, I have been working in an edutech company with the hope that I can shift to my dream job in the FMCG sector in marketing.Unfortunately, the COVID pandemic is going on and I am still continuing my job in the edutech company.Can you suggest any way out so that I am able to grab my dream job?Thanks and regards,Name withheld on request.

Hello,I'm Swagato Ghose, 32, from Kolkata. During the pandemic and because of lockdown, I lost my job. I'm a marketing professional and worked for a print and packaging company based in Hyderabad.The situation is very difficult because, even after trying hard for the past two to three months, nothing positive is materialising.No organisations revert after the interview process and the salary offered during the interview time is negligible when compared to what I was getting before this lockdown happened.It's getting unbearable and I am on the verge of a nervous breakdown as the future seems absolutely uncertain.I'm badly looking for a decent opportunity, but there seems to be very little hope in these tough times as it looks like the recruitment has frozen in most of the good companies.I am really worried about the future and don't know how my professional career is going to shape up.How do I survive this phase?Thanks and regards,Swagato Ghose

Hi, Iam jobless since after Covid pandemic, 2020, my company, with whom I worked for 8yrs and started their business in my territory from zero sales to 5cr sales PA , removed me siting that there is no sales in last Six months and my salary was not justifiable. Infact due to Covid situation industry in my territory was itself down without any business. I was little depressed but thought to start my own business. After 3 months, when the industry started recovering, with the help of my friend ,using my finance I started my business in the same industry of adhesive with single product plan. Sales were up but not money recovery, payments got delayed by 90 to 120 days. Even my supplier gave me poor quality material 3 to 4 times due to which I have to replace good quality material to my customers and couldn't make any profit. Slowly I was exhausting of my finances and thus decided to stop the business and pursue Job. I got job offer in Nov2021 with an earlier employer and also a different field MNC. I chose to go with my earlier employer, as I knew the company well and loved to do the job. And I didn't want to risk with the new feild MNC. With this Job slowly I understood that my colleague of different territory was not happy with my joining siting a threat to the advancement to National Sales Head position and used to do politics and lure our Owner. After eight months he was given the NSM position and he started abusing me. I resigned immediately. Since then I trying for job opportunities, working as freelancer. But I'm not getting good job offers. I do get job offers which involves travelling a lot. I want to leave a peaceful life without leaving my family, a job whereby by evening I should be with my family. Iam 44yrs of age now. Kindly suggest me , a family centric person, how to get job offers within my requirement or to don't think of family and get ready for traveling job, this is my dilemma.

This is Sunil age 57 married 3 kids,I was doing successful business (spare parts export) 18 years before covid.After COVID I tried so many small business which was a failure.Now for the past one year iam just sitting home,it's really frustrating and difficult to lead such a life.Please advice and find some job or anything that I won't be sitting idle.