Ways to Kickstart Your Career in What’s Left of 2020

In a normal year, September offers many workers a chance for a reboot, a moment to revisit and revise all of those resolutions you made in January. With summer behind us, the period leading into the winter holiday season presents an opportunity to hit professional goals, secure promotions and bonuses, or even change jobs. This is not a normal year.

Companies large and small are struggling in the pandemic-driven recession. Millions of people around the world have been laid off, endured pay cuts, or placed on long-term furlough. Many professionals lucky enough to still have jobs have been working at home for months, and are likely to stay there until 2021. And the virus shows no signs of easing its grip. Against this backdrop, the most obvious signal of your employer’s appreciation—a pay bump—may not be on the cards this year.