LIFE, LEARN AND WORK
Decades ago, it was typical to work at a one company for your entire Career, with job Security, Pension, and a Gold watch up from retirement.
in 1993 John Case wrote an article for the Boston Globe for "Career Moves" - in today's new economy we work for ourselves, because companies have taught us a lesson which is, we can no longer afford to work for them. they can't even guarantee that we'll have a job a year or two years, or five years from now. Career moves used to be the province of the ambitions, the upwardly mobile, now anybody who isn't pondering his\her career options is living the life of an Ostrich, head planted firmly in the sand, it’s for loyalty well. loyalty these days means not looking for your next job on company times, if I’m blindly loyal to an organisation that won't be - can't be - loyal to me, then I’m a fool.
The biggest challenge for every professional in today's global economy is to stay relevant in a world that's constantly changing around us, and hard-work is out of favour now. to create, and maintain a competitive advantage in our career it takes thoughtfulness, reflection, strategy, and execution.
It is not sitting there hoping that God would come for you. corporations are hunger for more talent, and they only retain only the best among man. Don't be one to be left out from the draft, but the one that companies had to fight for when it comes to your services. the world is evolving, are you working on yourself, and dusting the old for the new.
By the late 20th Century, a wide range of variations (Professions), and more widespread "Education" had allowed it to become possible to plan a career: in this respect the careers of the career counsellors, and the career advisor have grown up. it is also not uncommon for adults in the late 20th, or early 21 centuries to have dual, or multiple careers, either sequentially or concurrently, thus professional identities have become hyphenated or hybridized to reflect this shift in work ethic.
The is a study by Behling, according to him, and other an individual's decision to join a firm may depend on any of the three factors: Objective factors, Subjective factors, and Critical contact.
OBJECTIVE FACTORS
This assumes that the applicants are rational the choices therefore are exercised after an objective assessment of the tangible benefits of the job. factors may include the salary, other benefits, location, opportunities for career advancement.
SUBJECTIVE FACTOR
This suggests that decision making is dominated by social, and psychological factors. the status of the job, reputation of the organization, and other similar factors plays an important role.
CRITICAL CONTACT
This advances the idea that a candidate's observations while interacting with the organization plays a vital role in decision making. for example, how the recruiters keep in touch with the candidate, the promptness of response, and similar factors are important.
These theories assume that candidates have a free choice of employers, and careers in reality. the scarcity of jobs, and strong competition for desirable jobs severely slows the decision -making process. in many markets, employees work particular careers simply because they were forced to accept whatever work was available to them. merely culture can have major influence on career choices depending on the type of culture.
It is said that when choosing a career that best suit you, they are multiple things that we had to take into consideration, some of those include:
Natural talents,
Work Ethic,
Social Interaction,
Work-Life-Balance, and
whether or not you are looking to give back, or you are comfortable in the public eyes, dealing with stress or not, how much money you want to make.
If choosing a career feels like too much pressure, here is another option: pick a path that feels right today by making the best decision you can, and know that you can change your mind in the future. in today's workplace choosing a career doesn't necessarily mean you have to stick with that line of work for your entire life. make a smart decision, and plan to re-evaluate down the line based on your long-term objectives.
Changing occupation is an important aspect at some cases, and over a lifetime, both the individual, and the labour market will change. it is also expected that many people will change occupations during their lives, and there are various reasons why people might want to change their careers.
Sometimes careers change can come as the results of a long-anticipated layoff while other times it can occur unexpectedly, and without warning, e.g. (Downsizing, new challenges, ineffective leadership, and improvement of work or life balance and more) from all this intake much has been said that in the late 50s - 60s individuals typically worked for one or two firms during their careers, and success was defined by the organization, and measured by promotions, increases in salary and/ status, but through that early career success may breed disappointment later, especially when a person's self-worth is tied up in their career or achievements, and many observers argue that careers are less predictable then they once were, due to the fast pace of economic, and technological changes(This means that career development is more obviously the responsibility of the individual rather than his/her employing organization, because a "Job for life" is a thing of the past. work and life balance are made simple for individuals that are in search for new opportunities, because there are a range of different educational, counselling and human resource management interventions that support individuals to develop and manage their careers.
The key types of career support include:
Career information, Career Assessments, Career Counselling, and Career Education. much career support in today's market is delivered online which can be much lesser than face-face.
You possess all the rights to the world information to help you in your career, and your demand but if you neglect to make start or stop before you arrive, no one is to be blamed but you.
It's important to remember that creating an advantage is temporary so you have to constantly evolve instead of remaining stagnant, and it takes hard work, and courage to evolve multiple times throughout your life.
Dan Schawbel's 5 proven ways to have a competitive advantage in our careers can be of good work for all that wish upon to rise in talent search for those ready to win at all cost.
"Careers do not come with instructions, there are no "Hard and Fast" rules, no simple formulas for success, this is because you will work for and with others human beings, and people are complex more confusing creatures. plus, the circumstances keep changing"
Bruce Kasanoff
Be the best at what you do for a specific audience (You can't always win all the hearts, but you can win those you resonate with).
Take the skills you developed in your industry, and leverage them in a completely different industry where those same skills are both rare, and valuable.
Position yourself in arears that are high growth, but relatively low in competition.
Develop a network if key contacts in your industry (your network is your net worth)
Create intellectual property (IP) for yourself.
Don't let your career shapes you, or change you but let the fun of it led to more learning, and a change to your life.
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