In Careerbuilders latest survey, it wasn’t the fact that nearly 1 in 5 workers were looking to switch careers that sparked my interest even as we slowly recover from the job sector doldrums, but the reasons why.
This week, I stumbled upon what I’ll call a blueprint for a contemplative personal journey toward success, courtesy of marketing guru and blogger Seth Godin. His free e-book, What Matters Now includes wisdom from great thought leaders on positive changes and ideas toward making 2010 a year of success that matters, work that makes a difference in our changing times. What I prefer to call – “vocation.”
The traditional workplace model has entered into an evolutionary spiral. A workforce reinvention is taking place across generational boundaries, in fact across career trajectories for many people worldwide. Among the numerous reasons:
Our world changed in an instant on September 11th 2001. Our world perspective was suddenly viewed through a new expanded lens – courtesy the internet, globalization, international security and economic concerns. We also had a new take on our work life.
The study shows that the nation’s largest companies conducted layoffs at a rate of almost twice that of a group of companies recognized as great workplaces.
It’s been 2 years now since I began doing the WorkLife Minute. It’s something that I highly value as it offers a nugget of information that generally promises an ah-ha moment on cultivating serenity in a 24/7 world. Tonight I was inspired by the king of inspiration himself, John Tesh to take it to another level which will soon be revealed.
A spotlight was suddenly shown on organizations, non-profits and faith-based initiatives that dealt with workplace issues. That’s when I learned more about the Families & Work Institute.
“Everyone should have a chief of staff and a set of personal assistants,” said First Lady Michele Obama at a meeting last week of Corporate Voices for Working Families. It couldn’t be better timing for public policy group Workplace Flexibility 2010.
Yesterday, Mr. Obama met with some company chiefs to delve into the topic. From that, the White House released a fact sheet on Innovative Workplace Practices which outlined some of the president’s discussions with corporate heads from Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson and Pitney Bowes, among others.
While scrambling for a job, in the hectic chaos of that search sometimes we forget to look in our own backyard for resources. There, one can find not only a contact or two, but perhaps some inspiration in the work life challenges that come along with the job search.
