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the upside of downtime: learning new skills to grow your career.

If you find yourself looking for work during the coronavirus pandemic, you’re not alone. Workers around the U.S. are being furloughed or laid off as states increasingly mandate that non-essential employees stay home. We know this period of uncertainty is challenging, but there can be a small silver lining: if you use this time to learn some new skills, you can improve your prospects once things return to normal — or normal-ish, anyway.

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