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As the business world heads into 2021 with great optimism, a cloud of uncertainty remains hanging over the heads of many leaders.
Execs are faced with two different realities: a pre-vaccine world of remote work and a post-vaccine world of figuring out how to safely engage with employees, job candidates, and customers.
To help business leaders better prepare, some of LinkedIn s top executives have started to reimagine what this new world of work will look like in 2021 and beyond.
1. Don t let location limit hiring efforts.
As remote work becomes more widely accepted, landing a job won t and shouldn t be dependent on where talent lives. LinkedIn s chief economist, Karin Kimbrough,writes that as remote work becomes more mainstream, we will see a democratization of opportunity and spread of skills across the country. Workers who may not have had the means or desire to move to high cost-of-living areas will have access to new jobs, and companies will have acces