Career planning has changed – are you ready for it?
Posted by joe
Fast Company magazine often takes an idea and pushes the boundaries — but I find their observations are usually prescient. They point out that the business world is becoming increasingly chaotic — making career planning darn near impossible, at least in the long-term. This brave new world rewards the agile and opportunistic. This article, “This Is Generation Flux: Meet The Pioneers Of The New (And Chaotic) Frontier Of Business” (January 12, 2012) introduces you to seven people — representing a broad demographic cross-section — who are thriving in this macroenvironment. The article suggests the skills that may be needed as well. A companion article, “The Four-Year Career” describes a 28-year old woman’s early career path (Fast Company, January 12, 2012). The idea here is that our students should probably be career planning for relatively short time horizons — four years as opposed to twenty.
For another perspective on career planning, read “To Find Happiness, Forget About Passion” (HBR Blog Network, January 13, 2012) the author suggests that young people should be focused on problems they can contribute to solving. Reading the comments (189 and counting as of today) — will give you a much richer perspective.
As you develop your personal marketing plan, make sure you understand the crazy macroenvironment you are heading into. Make sure you have the attitude, expectations, and skills needed in this new world.
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This article touches on a lot of philosophical points that I very much agree with. Although, a lot of people don’t have the day-to-day luxury to attempt them. Even the “jobless” generation is very much hung up on things that make this lifestyle nearly impossible. Things like working a job they don’t like to pay for “unlimited text and data” phone plans and $100 a month tv and internet bills. Also, the demands of conventional society such as starting a family very young (20s) can inhibit someone from seeking meaningful experiences as well as employment.
January 31st, 2012 at 5:43 pm