Losing his job at 50 India News on account of a pandemic

Updated September 29, 2020 at 12:07 PM m. IST

The Choluteca Bridge in Honduras is popularly often recognized as the "Bridge to Nowhere". It was built in 1998 to face up to the natural disasters that the area has faced. Later that 12 months, when Hurricane Mitch devastated the area, the bridge survived with minor injury, but the area round it was fully devastated. The paths to and from the bridge have been gone, and even the river changed course. So at present the bridge stands tall and robust, but largely unused. Until just lately when enterprise coaches claimed him for a parable about adaptability in these occasions of Covid. In posts that have gone viral, they say that the bridge signifies the need to change so as to stay related. Kiran Lakshmikanth, CEO of staffing agency Head Hunters India, says there's a superb lesson right here for senior executives within the country's workforce who've been laid off through the pandemic. "Many older people who find themselves at the peak of their careers are affected by the disappearance of whole sectors similar to hospitality or travel," says Lakshmikanth. “But right now, it is survival of the fittest. Those who are 50 years old and all of a sudden unemployed must retrain and reinvent themselves to turn into employable once more, and not be like the Choluteca bridge.”