Change is coming: Are you ready?

It is not necessary to change.  Survival is not mandatory.

~W. Edwards Deming

You’d think the economic turmoil is enough.  But the fact is that there are always factors outside of your control that can affect your employment.  Who’d have thought a year ago that GM and Chrysler dealerships — mostly stable, successful businesses operating independently — would have the rug torn out from underneath them?  Would you have guessed that the banking industry would fold in on itself, leaving so many employees displaced post-acquisition?

As new technologies rise, old ones become obsolete, and so it goes with so many skill sets.  I’ve met a number of job seekers of late who must not only find a new job, but an entirely new career as  it seems that no one needs the skills they have to offer.

So here’s your chance to be proactive: what areas of your career are vulnerable to extinction?  Which products, services, technologies, structures do you work with now that are likely to be replaced with the latest and greatest?

How will you be ready when that change comes?

photo credit: Lynda W1

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