Take Everything You Think You Know About Career Management And Throw It Out The Window
Really, throw it out the window.
The workplace today is nothing like it was ten years ago and there is no going back.
The world of our parents, a world where employers concerned themselves with the long term; or even the overall moral of their employees - that is gone.
A world where one can expect to stay with a company for twenty plus years, retire with a modest pension and health care is non existent.
The reality is far harsher.
Most CEOs do not see past the next fiscal report to Wall Street, or the short term politics of the board of directors.
While small businesses are being developed to be sold.
Most of you reading this will go through a downsizing due to a sale of you place of employment.
Part of this change is due to the global economy, and the downward pressure it places on the wages of the middle class.
There is very little any political party can do about this as the global economy is here to stay.
So what do you do? There are great advantages to this for the average Joe, and I have lived on both the managerial side making the decisions and on the side that was downsized.
oDo not make the mistake and assume that your boss is looking after your career.
If you do not have a five year plan with specific goals - you are no better off than a hamster using its exercise wheel, running in place and getting nowhere.
oDo not buy into the old rules of career planning, the average person will stay at their current job no more than four years.
Job hopping does not carry the same stigma it once did.
In most cases THE ONLY way to advance your career and get an increased in salary is to promote yourself by taking another job.
oJob searches MUST include networking (this is easier than you think,) not just responding to ads.
There is a large non advertised market.
oIf you spend more than you make, and save nothing you will have no capacity to walk away from a bad situation.
oFor example I remember reading about a certain banking institution that decided to outsource to India, (the global economy I mentioned above) but the kicker was the following - the workers who lost their jobs had to TRAIN their replacements to get any severance.
As you can imagine most did just that as they could not afford to go without the money.
This is the kind of desperate behavior employers count on.
FREEYOURSELVES from this tyranny - SAVE.
This is easier than you think.
oIf you are thinking about starting a home business but worry about leaving the security of a job - I say to you WHAT SECURITY.
oThe average worker, if willing to think outside the box, and act courageously CAN achieve financial security DESPITE the points I mentioned above.
The workplace today is nothing like it was ten years ago and there is no going back.
The world of our parents, a world where employers concerned themselves with the long term; or even the overall moral of their employees - that is gone.
A world where one can expect to stay with a company for twenty plus years, retire with a modest pension and health care is non existent.
The reality is far harsher.
Most CEOs do not see past the next fiscal report to Wall Street, or the short term politics of the board of directors.
While small businesses are being developed to be sold.
Most of you reading this will go through a downsizing due to a sale of you place of employment.
Part of this change is due to the global economy, and the downward pressure it places on the wages of the middle class.
There is very little any political party can do about this as the global economy is here to stay.
So what do you do? There are great advantages to this for the average Joe, and I have lived on both the managerial side making the decisions and on the side that was downsized.
oDo not make the mistake and assume that your boss is looking after your career.
If you do not have a five year plan with specific goals - you are no better off than a hamster using its exercise wheel, running in place and getting nowhere.
oDo not buy into the old rules of career planning, the average person will stay at their current job no more than four years.
Job hopping does not carry the same stigma it once did.
In most cases THE ONLY way to advance your career and get an increased in salary is to promote yourself by taking another job.
oJob searches MUST include networking (this is easier than you think,) not just responding to ads.
There is a large non advertised market.
oIf you spend more than you make, and save nothing you will have no capacity to walk away from a bad situation.
oFor example I remember reading about a certain banking institution that decided to outsource to India, (the global economy I mentioned above) but the kicker was the following - the workers who lost their jobs had to TRAIN their replacements to get any severance.
As you can imagine most did just that as they could not afford to go without the money.
This is the kind of desperate behavior employers count on.
FREEYOURSELVES from this tyranny - SAVE.
This is easier than you think.
oIf you are thinking about starting a home business but worry about leaving the security of a job - I say to you WHAT SECURITY.
oThe average worker, if willing to think outside the box, and act courageously CAN achieve financial security DESPITE the points I mentioned above.
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