The future of workAuthor and strategist Marcus Letcher offers another view on the changing nature of work and the skills required to manage your life. We are participants in a revolution in the arena of work. About 80 per cent of new jobs in Western industrialised nations are not permanent positions. During the past decade, full-time jobs have risen by 14 per cent and part-time jobs by 70 per cent. The article introduces the thought that the "normal" pattern may not be norml any more and that the chnges are of a permanent nature. Technology amongst other things has greatly influenced the way of business management with a resulting proliferation of modes of work that fit Certain skills and attributes are over arching and portable and are becoming universally necessary. They are saleable, an enterprising outlook, networking, self-management in a niche area of business. This leads to modular or portfolio workstyles drawing together your skills, interests, aptitudes and desires into a synergy that feeds back into the whole in a perceptual self-renewing process. The business world of the 1990s is too dynamic for us to think only in conventional employment templates. Consider an alternative strategy that can respond to the shifts and shadings in the job market The full article may be viewed at http://www.seek.com.au/editorial/0-3-6_future_work.htm |
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