July 2003 : Issue 14
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> Guest Article: Intuition: Your 21st Century Career Strategy
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GUEST ARTICLE:
Intuition: Your 21st Century Career Strategy
by Cathy Goodwin
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In the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, you could plan a career and
hope for security. People were advised, "If you choose Profession X, or
learn Skill Y, you'll always have a job."
My high school advisors said, "If you can type, you can always work. We
will always need secretaries." A few years ago a CPA told me the partners
of his Big Six firm are typing their own letters and memos. Three partners share
a single assistant.
Some people remain in the time zone that ended more than two decades ago. A
former academic colleague told me he had already planned his children's careers:
"I want them to major in a technical field so they can always get a
job."
His oldest child is fourteen. By the time she enters the work force,
technical skills may be taken for granted, and universities may no longer offer
the tenure that constitutes his own security blanket.
Today, you need flexibility and intuition. Flexibility means being a free
spirit, being willing to take risks and make moves because they feel right, not
waiting until we are forced by circumstances. We need skills to roll with the
punches, not tools that can be used only when the ground beneath us is firm and
solid.
Intuition means sensing that, "This move isn't right for me," or,
"I will need a job change soon." We need to rely less on rules and
external process and more on, "The emperor has no clothes. I don't care
what everyone else says. I know."
The New Career Strategy calls for a combination of freedom and intuition. You
can't rely on a counsellor to calculate your future from a battery of tests.
What's needed is a change in values from security to adventure, and a jungle
guide to help you find water in the career desert.
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Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D. Author, Career Consultant, Speaker
"Fast Track to Career Freedom"
http://www.movinglady.com
Newsletter: http://www.movinglady.com/subscribe.html
Ebook: Your Intuitive Move http://www.movinglady.com/intuitionbook.html
cathy@movinglady.com
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