Employed for Life
21st-Century Career Trends
Summary
Some of the questions answered in this book include:
How are the new demographics of the United States changing the way we work?
How will longevity impact career planning?
Is technology creating more jobs than it destroys?
What are HR professionals doing to address talent management in the 21st century?
What insights can recruiters provide to help employees navigate a dynamic marketplace?
How are employees finding work in a difficult job market?
How can individuals plan for a career that could last 50 years or longer?
Excerpt
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- About the Book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- HR professionals
- Recruiting professionals
- Contributors of surveys and research studies
- Graphics
- Introduction: Times Have Changed—Has Your Career Plan?
- 1. Societal Forces: How Technology, Globalization, Longevity, and Demographics Will Impact Your Career
- Technology
- The Information Revolution
- Globalization
- An Interconnected World
- Prosperity and Opportunity
- Complexity and Competition
- Longevity
- Redefining Retirement
- One Long Lifetime, Many Careers
- Generations Collide
- The Generations at Work
- Baby Boomers: Vital Well Past Middle Age
- Generation Xers: Frustration in Mid-Career
- Millennials: Hyperconnected and Ambitious
- Looking Ahead: Generation Z
- Diversity
- Ethnic Diversity
- A Nation of Immigrants
- Women
- The Rise of the Female Entrepreneur
- The Right Leadership Style for the 21st Century
- Families
- Generation and Gender
- The Multigenerational Family—and Household
- Work-Life Balance: Not Only for Parents
- Putting It Together: VUCA
- Notes
- 2. From Ladder to Labyrinth: New Ways of Working and the Rise of the Do-It-Yourself Career
- The Do-It-Yourself Career Path
- Changing Priorities
- Redefining Success
- Changing Trajectories
- Changing Options
- Beyond the Corporation
- Freelancing
- Entrepreneurship
- Franchises
- Small Businesses
- Medium-Sized Firms
- Nonprofits
- Public Sector Jobs
- Inside the Corporation
- Changing Workplaces
- Project-Based Work
- Flat Hierarchies
- Changing Needs
- Notes
- 3. Innovations: Technologies with the Potential to Reshape Your Job
- Big Data
- Sensor Technology
- Social Media
- Mobile Computing
- Cloud Computing
- Smart Machines
- Virtual and Augmented Reality
- Solar Energy
- Wearable Technology
- Underwater Technology
- Space Tourism
- Employability in a Technology-Based World
- Notes
- 4. On the Front Lines of Career Planning: HR Professionals Discuss What’s New in Career Development
- Coming to a Company Near You: Career Planning Today
- Firms Have a Vital Role to Play in Career Development
- How Firms Can Improve Their Career Development Systems
- How Individuals Can Boost Their Career Development
- The Future of Career Development
- Notes
- 5. Recruiters Speak: Skills to Have, Trends to Know About, and Tips for Job-Hunting Success
- Recruiting Today: Technology Brings Convenience and Competition
- Skill Requirements in an Employer’s Market
- Cultural Fit Is Now a Factor
- Best Practices for Job Seekers
- Learn from Successful Job Hunters
- Job-Hunting Strategies for Recent College Graduates
- Job-Hunting Strategies for People Over 50
- When Your Search Isn’t Going as Well as You’d Like
- 6. Recruiters 101: What You Need to Know to Make Recruiters Part of Your Career Strategy By Gary Daugenti, Founder and President, Gent & Associates
- Understanding Recruiters
- Want a Recruiter to Find You? Don’t Leave Your Job
- How to Get In Touch with Recruiters
- What Happens When a Recruiter Looks at Your Resume
- A Recruiter Just Left Me a Message: Now What?
- What Not to Do When Working with Recruiters
- The Importance of Face-to-Face Networking in a Technological Society
- 7. Your Career Adventure: A Framework for Planning Your Career
- Are You Ready?
- Create a Personal Plan for Your Life
- Sample Frameworks
- Prompt Questions
- Work
- Finances
- Health
- Education
- Social/Family
- Leisure
- Other
- Follow-Up
- Notes
- A Parting Word
- Summary of Key Points
- References
- Index
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wilen, Tracey.
Employed for life: 21st-century career trends /
Tracey Wilen, Courtney L. Vien, Gary Daugenti.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Career development. 2. Personnel management. 3. Technological innovations.
4. Employees—Effect of technological innovations on. 5. Vocational qualifications.
I. Vien, Courtney L. II. Daugenti, Gary. III. Title.
HF5381.W5485 650.14—dc23 2013042278
ISBN 978-1-4331-2544-7 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4331-2543-0 (paperback)
ISBN 978-1-4539-1259-1 (e-book)
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About the authors
Dr. Tracey Wilen (www.traceywilen.com) is a prominent thought leader on the impact of technology on society, work, and careers. A former visiting scholar at Stanford University, she has held leadership positions at Apple, HP, Cisco, and the Apollo Group. Dr. Wilen has authored 11 books, including Women Lead: Career Perspectives from Workplace Leaders (2013) and Society 3.0: How Technology Is Reshaping Education, Work, and Society (2012). She has appeared on CNN, Fox, and CBS News, and in the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, Forbes, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. She frequently contributes to the Huffington Post, the Examiner, and the Christian Science Monitor, and weekly appears on radio shows across the US as an expert guest.
Dr. Wilen is a global speaker on the impact of technology on work, careers, and women’s leadership. She was honored by the San Francisco Business Times as a 2012 Most Influential Woman in Bay Area Business.
Dr. Courtney L. Vien is a freelance writer and editor based in Durham, NC. A former senior editor for the Apollo Research Institute, she is the author of five books, including Women Lead: Career Perspectives from Workplace Leaders (2013), and numerous web and print articles, reports, and white papers. Dr. Vien has taught film, writing, and literature and holds a doctorate in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her portfolio is available at www.courtneyvien.com.
Gary Daugenti is the president and founder of executive search firm Gent & Associates (www.gentinc.com). He has over 20 years’ recruiting experience and over 25 years of business experience in technology and management consulting. Daugenti has personally staffed individual contributors, managers, directors, vice presidents, and C-level applicants at over 200 firms throughout the United States as well as providing executive outplacement services. His education includes a MBA in global management, recruiter training by Management Recruiters International, a certificate in computer networking, and a private pilot’s license. Daugenti hails from Union County, NJ and is an alumnus of Kean University.
About the book
Employed for Life: 21st-Century Career Trends is the first book to explore career development from the viewpoints of firm managers, HR professionals, recruiters, job seekers, and employees. It examines such topics as new developments in recruiting and career development; the ways social, cultural, and technological forces have changed careers; and best practices for job hunting and career planning. The authors use primary and secondary research to provide insight on how the nature of work has changed and what that means for individuals’ career plans. Employed for Life shares career advice from recruiters and HR professionals and provides a framework that readers can use to ensure lifelong employment.
Some of the questions answered in this book include:
← vi | vii → ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to this book:
HR professionals:
Allison Allen, Rich Andersen, Andrew Greenberg, Pamela Hardy, Rich James, Sara Lautenbach, Katherine Markgraf, Keith Meyerson, Meg Paradise, Megan Remark, Karen Robinson, Christine Roggenbusch, Tim Russell, Nancy Sullivan, Sam Wageman
Recruiting professionals:
Rich Andersen, Anne Angelopoulos, Jennifer Brent, Lisa Francone, Leslie Lazarus, Sheila Maultsby, Elsa Meyer, Kyle Misiak, Maureen Perkins, Carolyn Redman, Rich Smith, Jim Stroud, Sam Wageman
Contributors of surveys and research studies:
Gent & Associates, Juststaff
Graphics:
Linda Fisher ← vii | viii →
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Times Have Changed—Has Your Career Plan?
Not that long ago, careers in the corporate world were fairly straightforward. You’d earn a college degree and go to work for a company where the vast majority of your colleagues would be white and male. The company would train and develop you. You’d move up the ladder, gaining power, prestige, and income along the way. Even if you didn’t work for the same firm for your entire career, you’d probably stay within the same industry. You’d retire at around 65, perhaps collecting a generous pension and the proverbial gold watch, or perhaps not, but certainly planning to live off your ample savings.
Those days are long gone. Now, workers spend an average of only four years at a job and often have more than one career during their lifetimes. Most careers aren’t linear upward climbs any more; instead, they resemble lattices or labyrinths, as employees have greater freedom to change industries, freelance, take sabbaticals, return to school, opt for part-time work, or pursue business ownership as their life circumstances change. Companies engage in less training and a single college degree will no longer carry a worker throughout her career. The workforce is considerably more diverse in terms of race, gender, and national background. Pensions are a thing of the past, and retiring at 65 is no longer a viable option for many people.
Details
- Pages
- VII, 167
- Publication Year
- 2014
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9781433125430
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781453912591
- ISBN (MOBI)
- 9781454196310
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9781454196327
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433125447
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-1-4539-1259-1
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2013 (December)
- Keywords
- recruiting technology talent management job hunting
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2014. 167 pp., num. ill.
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