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The burden of employment has shifted - It’s all on you now

It’s amazing how quickly things changed at the end of 2008. Companies went from being worried about the “Baby Boomer brain drain” that was coming as Boomers retired and there weren’t enough Xers to fill the gap left by their physical presence and their on the job knowledge.

Now companies aren’t concerned about filling jobs as much as they are trying to figure out how to do without. Companies are still concerned about filling the expertise gap, but they’ll always have that challenge to deal with. I believe that the only employees that are safe in this job market are those that are the best at what they do.

Jeremiah Owyang has a very thought provoking post about deciding what your career mission is.

What’s Your Career Mission?

During this rough economic time you should be doing some soul searching, the market has changed and you need to evaluate how you’ll position yourself even if you’re still employed. Scrutiny abound, you should start to think about what your long term goal is, beyond filling in your weekly status report.

I’m not a believer in the “any port in a storm” mentality. Personally I believe that you should always strive to take jobs/work/employment that you are passionate about, that you can be the in the top 10% (preferably even 1%) in your field and simultaneously challenge you to constantly grow and learn.

My personal career mission has always been to help businesses apply new communication tools and techniques to maximize the communication value with all their stakeholders.

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  • http://flowingmotion.wordpress.com Jo

    IMHO you are being too defensive. You are taking on board the defensive posture that big firms have to take as they retreat from their formerly aggressive, dominant stance.

    Employees, as the agile and energetic player, are able to think very precisely about what they do and don’t want and almost cherry pick.

    I tried to to use a sports analogy in 3 rules for beating the recession. In short, employees are going to have fun!

    Will you tell me what you think?

  • http://flowingmotion.wordpress.com Jo

    IMHO you are being too defensive. You are taking on board the defensive posture that big firms have to take as they retreat from their formerly aggressive, dominant stance.

    Employees, as the agile and energetic player, are able to think very precisely about what they do and don’t want and almost cherry pick.

    I tried to to use a sports analogy in 3 rules for beating the recession. In short, employees are going to have fun!

    Will you tell me what you think?

  • http://billbennett.co.nz billbennett

    I'm convinced the global economic meltdown will see a transfer of clout away from large corporations to small, more nimble organisations. There will be fewer jobs in those city centre glass towers and more paid work out at the sharp end of the economy. There will always be a need for specific skills, the generalists will be hit hardest.

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