It’s amazing how quickly things changed at the end of 2008. Companies went from being worried about the “Baby Boomer brain drain” that was coming as Boomers retired and there weren’t enough Xers to fill the gap left by their physical presence and their on the job knowledge.
Now companies aren’t concerned about filling jobs as much as they are trying to figure out how to do without. Companies are still concerned about filling the expertise gap, but they’ll always have that challenge to deal with. I believe that the only employees that are safe in this job market are those that are the best at what they do.
Jeremiah Owyang has a very thought provoking post about deciding what your career mission is.
During this rough economic time you should be doing some soul searching, the market has changed and you need to evaluate how you’ll position yourself even if you’re still employed. Scrutiny abound, you should start to think about what your long term goal is, beyond filling in your weekly status report.
I’m not a believer in the “any port in a storm” mentality. Personally I believe that you should always strive to take jobs/work/employment that you are passionate about, that you can be the in the top 10% (preferably even 1%) in your field and simultaneously challenge you to constantly grow and learn.
My personal career mission has always been to help businesses apply new communication tools and techniques to maximize the communication value with all their stakeholders.
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