Let’s face it: Just about everything changed during 2020, and some of those changes will be permanent. For example, social distancing and remote work arrangements disrupted recruiting and hiring, and some of the ways that companies pivoted to compensate actually improved the process.

If you’re in the market for a new job, how you go about your search may look a little different. Hiring experts give us their predictions on the changes that are sticking around for 2021 and how you should prepare:

1. TOUGHER COMPETITION

Since companies have announced that the remote working arrangement they adopted during the pandemic is permanent. That means location isn’t critical, and you’re now competing with applicants from across the country, says Tigran Sloyan, co-founder and CEO of CodeSignal, a technical assessment platform for tech recruiting.