1.

Develop video resume

Use your time to develop your video resume. A
good video resume is a great way of representing
you and enhancing your employability skills. You
can make different versions (in length and content)
of the resume to use for different purposes.
(Guidelines on Video Resume Preparation)

2. Sketch your career mapping

Do career mapping thoughtfully so that you can
clearly distinguish yourself and and keep you
ahead of the line. Please know well, after Corona
the job market will be  tough i.e very challenging,
where your skills and competence must be checked
well before employment. 

3. Try to know a few company's procedures to get

a job etc.
It is a good time to research companies you are
passionate to work with. Go through their
websites, stakeholders, reviews, annual reports. 
Find out challenges they faced so that you can
contribute there.You can get help from Bangladesh
Yellow Pages, Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd. to gain
knowledge about the company.
4. Browse internet
Pls visit the internet and see the whole world now
and move to Online platform. Everyone will realize
that after Corona the entire education system will
be transformed into another format where there is
no way to move with many existing skill, without
transformation or improvement

5. Explore your passion and inner skills

It is a high time to rethink about yourself. Look
back and pick where you have passion. Use your
lockdown time to explore your inner skill in a
positive way.

6. Make good use of social media

Social media is a great way of learning new things,
developing useful networking and finding
opportunities. Explore social media well and be
selective in choosing your choices. Be productive
and constructive here.

7. Create a routine
Although all the usual life cues are gone – like
lectures, or meeting friends – we need to keep the
things that synchronise our body clocks, such as
meal times, recreation, and winding down in the
evening.

Maintaining a routine not only helps with sleep but

will keep you always motivated. People in stressful
situations can survive and come out mentally intact
because they have appropriate coping mechanisms
and techniques. When you follow a structured plan
can be really helpful in keeping you motivated, so
you don’t just fall away into feeling listless and
depressed.

8. Sleep and rise well

Setting a routine is vital for your wellbeing.
Professor Kevin Morgan, sleep expert at
Loughborough University, warns that you
shouldn’t use sleep “as a counter-product to
boredom”. He says it’s critical to get out of bed at
a normal time in the morning.

9. Accommodate time to study

Build studying into your routine. Mike Leaf, a final
year geoscience student at Keele University,
advises giving yourself deadlines. Setting yourself
a goal of finishing a chapter of a project by the
weekend, for example, will “keep you focused
without guidance from supervisors.”
Lee says she checks in with friends to keep on
task. She calls them her accountability buddies.
“We motivate each other to finish our aims for the
day.”

10. Set goals, but no pressure

Try not to put too much pressure on yourself to
achieve. This is an unprecedented time, and it’s
absolutely OK to not be OK at the moment. It’s
good to have goals, but my goals aren’t things like
I’m going to write a high-impact journal. You can
set like this: my goals are finishing that portfolio,
or spending an hour learning how to use facebook
positively. Low-level goals keep you motivated,
and helps to set long term goals.

11. Don’t be afraid to reach out

FInd out what support is on offer at your
university. We reassure students that we’re here
for you. There is a lot of support for local students,
including international students, or students
estranged from families, as well as with family.
Call your friends and family, and arrange virtual
quizzes or discussion on any productive issue. If
you’re a person who enjoys social contact, then it’s
about trying to find a new way to connect, just
make this positively without hearing from any
backbiters and rumours.

12. Be choosy in selecting media

You will get imnese news and information about
COVID 19 and many other socio-economic issues.
Just be selective and filter what you will trust and
what not. Everything on the internet is not good,
or bad for you. The point is how you use them and
what keeps you motivated during this pandemic.

13. Get in lap of nature

The mental health benefits from interacting with
green space are huge. If you can, go for a walk in
apark or garden. But if that’s not possible, bring
the garden inside instead.  Try virtual tours, just
looking at green scenery has been shown to be
beneficial. Growing things is also very therapeutic,
as experts say.
14. Gardening at home is a good remedy
Extensive research suggests gardening helps
reduce anxiety and stress-related symptoms. You
can still grow plants if you’re living in one room in
block halls. Herbs such as coriander or rosemary
are good for windowsills, and you can even get a 
houseplant after eating an avocado. Fill a glass
with water, and put toothpicks in the avocado
stone to suspend it on the rim, so the bottom half
rests in water. Make sure it has sunlight, and when
the stone sprouts, pot some compost and watch it
grow.

15. Change perspective

If you start thinking that you’re stuck in your
room, that can be quite demoralising. Rephrase it
to ‘I’m safe in my room, I’ve got opportunities to
do things that I can concentrate on. Self
motivation and meditation is a good way to revive
at this moment.
16. Try new things
Many exercise classes, social activities, concerts,
and theatre shows are taking place online, so there
will always be something to keep you busy. Use
this time to discover new experiences, whether it’s
cooking, gaming, or going to the theatre
(virtually). There are resources to help you find
these new and mostly free experiences.

17. Study ahead

It would be very beneficial for you to get in touch
with either your professors or seniors in college to
acclimatize with the topics that are going to be
covered or get any idea about what books to refer.
Getting a start ahead on your studies will not only
help you in keeping up with your curriculum but
will also free up some time for you to make some
new friends or do some extracurricular activities.

18. Learn a new language

It is always good to learn the language of the place
you are going to spend a few years. Being able to
freely communicate in the local language will no
doubt pave the way for you and will help break the
ice with many of them which will make day to day
existence more interesting. If you already know the
language of the country you are going to, a new
language will definitely make you new friends.
You can use different online platforms e.g
Duolingo, Learn a Language, Babbel to learn a
new language.

19. Learn a new skill

Students can take this time to learn a new set of
skills which will prepare them for not only the jobs
they have ahead but will also help improve your
resume and wider acceptability. There are a
plethora of online courses which can be easily
attended even in these difficult times. Students can
choose to learn to code, to SEO/Google Analytics,
personal finance planning, creative writing, and so
much more.
You can use the GoEdu platform for online
courses.

20. Pick up a hobby

It's an excellent way to stay stress-free and also to
pass one's free time. Sometimes hobbies can prove
to be a whole other skill set too. Thanks to
technology today, a lot can be learned from within
the comforts of our homes. Learn how to play a
musical instrument, learn to write, brush up your
photography skills, learn to design and edit
videos/photos, or you may even learn to bake or
any other hobby you can think of.

21. Have a Healthy To Do List

Without academic distractions you may actually be
more productive! Structure your day, when you are
working at home you have to be your own manager
and therefore you have to manage your
productivity (and potentially those in your team if
you have to manage others).

Different platforms such as Trello, todoist can help

you to maintain your daily to do list.
At the end of each day, write your to do list and
goals for the next day so that you have clarity/
focus and you do not have to waste time in the
morning.Segment what you will do and when you
will do it over the course of the day; provide
yourself with breaks so that you are able to keep
focused and avoid burnout.
22. Think  and act like an Entrepreneur
As the CoronaVirus pandemic affects the global
economy, each of us look at how we add value to
ourselves at first, to our professions i.e. to our
organizations, teams or suppliers.

Thinking 'entrepreneurially’ is essentially having

an entrepreneurial mindset within your career and
therefore looking at your program, project as if it
is your own business. What would you do to help,
how could you add value - if your job was on the
line how would you approach each problem. This
current pandemic calls for more than 'thinking
outside of the box’; it calls on us to throw away the
box!

23. Stay in Contact

In an age of technology, do group study remotely
or working remotely / working from home does not
have to mean working in isolation. If you would
typically have a weekly team meeting/group study,
you can still have the team meeting via lots of
different technology like Google Meet, Zoom,
Microsoft Teams etc. If you don't usually have a
group study using technology, well it is time to
start having one.
24. Get Some Exercise
Most importantly have some freehand exercise and
fresh air (if you can find it), if you are used to a
daily commute you may also be used to a little
walking, cycling etc. so where possible try to feed
a little of this into your daily routine. If you are
working from home and struggling with the feeling
of isolation, remember to reach out to others.

"Wish you a Safe and Best Time"