From stage to cemetery: Europe's workers retrain for post-pandemic jobs


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  • Monday, 15 Mar 2021

FILE PHOTO: A grave digging instructor looks at an actor Tomas Novotny (R) opening an empty grave at a training cemetery as a part of Novotny's re-qualification procedure amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Prague, Czech Republic, March 9, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny

PRAGUE (Reuters) - With theatres closed and work prospects dim, Czech actor Tomas Novotny put his stage career on hold and trained to become a gravedigger.

The coronavirus reshaping Europe's labour markets has spurred workers like Novotny to seek new career paths as old jobs disappear or remain beset with uncertainty about any return to normal.

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