Have Career Plans Changed? Reflections of the Covıd-19 Pandemic on Employees' Career Plans

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to determine how Covid-19 affects the career plans of hotel employees. For this purpose, the career plans of the employees are examined before and after Covid-19. The qualitative research method was adopted as it is suitable for the purpose of the research. Semi-structured interview form was used in the interview technique. There are 6 questions in the interview form. The notes and recordings taken during the interviews were checked and transcribed before analysis, and then content analysis was applied. In this way, themes and codes were determined. As a result of the content analysis, "The Effects of Covid-19 on Career Plan" was determined as the main theme. The sub-themes are career plan before Covid-19, thoughts about the profession before Covid-19, Covid-19 process unemployment, Covid-19 process hopelessness, thoughts about the profession after Covid-19, career plan after Covid-19. When the results of the research are evaluated in general, it is concluded that the career plans of some employees changed before and after Covid-19. The unemployment and hopelessness of the employees during the Covid-19 process is seen as the most important reason for this situation. The career plans of some employees did not change before and after Covid-19.