By Mary Salvino, Career Management Coach
Some people, regardless of what stage they are in their
careers, often prefer to have information about managing their career distilled
into small 'bytes' of information
that can be easily applied to their situation. As the Chief Administrative Officer of their
own future, it behooves them to consider the "ABC's" of career
management.
According to a recent study published by Workopolis, Thinkopolis VI: Moving Work | Year in Review,
Canadians are job-hopping more now than ever before and 88% of workers
believe that they need to change jobs in order to advance in their careers.
According to Statistics Canada, Baby-boomers entered their
50's with the experience of long-term employment in their career history. Working for the same employer for 12+ years
was not unusual. Gen X and Gen Y worked
an average of 3.2 jobs and 3.9 jobs respectively in the first 12 years of
employment and the new normal is to change jobs every couple of years.
Taking all of the above into consideration, it is only
logical to adopt an "Always Be Considering"
[a new job] mentality to career management.
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