The Credit Risk Manager of ARB Apex Bank Ltd, Roderick Okoampah Ayeh has started that, the majority of people who have lost their jobs in Covid-19 pandemic can be found in the informal sector.

He said most of these informal sectors do not have a continuity plan like the big organizations. He said human resources, capital resources among others limit the informal sectors.

He stated this on Smart Business Talk a program powered by Step Up Business School on Sweet Melodies 94.3 FM.
According to him, the pandemic has revealed that no job is secured adding that, the effect cut across all levels of the industry.

“When we are talking about job security you must be thinking about the cut across effect on the economy” he added.

Mr. Ayeh noted that to be secured in a job, in most cases will not be the kind of job you do but the skill set you have acquired over time.
The HR Manager of L&D reward and shared services of Vodafone Ghana, Peter M. Crabbe said on the Ghana market he was impressed with some companies that immediately diverted their production resources towards products needed in the times of Covid-19 just to ensure continuity.
“Continuity is not just working from home but the alternative that you can deploy your resources into producing to ensure that you continue to stay in business” he stated.

Mr. Crabbe said you must be fast to adapt and divert your resources into areas that you were not in and this he said takes both the company and the employee.

Another panelist, Resourcing & Talent Manager, Vodafone Ghana, Linda Aryee urged employees to offer services to organizations to ensure that, their skills are relevant and upgraded so that regardless of what the wider external forces throw at the organization they have alternatives.