Where Has My

Career Gone?

The Disappearance of the Job!

The modern world is on the verge of a huge leap in creativity and productivity.

Today’s struggle over jobs will seem like a fight over the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Outsourcing of work.

Careers “self-managed.”

The Late, Great Job Age of contingent or

temporary worker, consultant & subcontractor.

Just in time workforce! The worker of the future will

have to :

…sell their skills; invent new relationships with employers.

...Change and adapt.

Where Have All the Jobs Gone?

Today, people who lose jobs are history.

Dejobbing: Quantitative - downsizing, technology replacement

Dejobbing: Qualitative - contingent(temporary) workforce - JIST

Transformation of Work Technology and Change

Informating the workplace - smart machines are replacing the mental labor of middle management.

Business of Data - new industries are data base, computer, biotech rather than automotive, steel, machine tools.

Communications as a multiplier

Reactions to Change Make decisions quicker Speed up product development

and cycles No big, slow-moving inventories. Involve suppliers as partners Delocalize work - global office Demise of the office as we know

it. Reengineering work - doing work

faster and more efficient

The Rise and Fall of the Good Job 1700’s - Farming system - no jobs 1840+ - Industrial Revolution - on set

of the job 1990’s - Job Shift - workers must once

again do everything to get the project done.

Sailor ….. Railroad worker …..airline teams ….. astronauts.

Intel - set of skills and competencies (skill sets)

TIM-J - “That isn’t my job.” IJDM-J - “I’m just doing my job.”

New Rules of Employment Old: Level ….. department…..job

description….. career path New: Contingent …..demonstrate

value….. self-management of careers ….. entrepreneurs

Project Teams: Switch focus from one task to another; work with variety of people; responsible for outcome; no clear job description; work on several projects at a time.

A Career Guide for the Twenty-first Century Worker

All jobs are temporary. (AT&T, NYNEX, Computer Associates)

Security resides in the person rather than the position.

Your security will depend upon: employability, vendor mindedness, resiliency.

Everything is a Market Every potential work situation is a

market. Identify your customers inside

and outside the organization.

Look for unmet needs - change creates new needs.

Markets are changing very rapidly.

D. A. T. A. - Survey and Recycle

D = Desires What do I really want to do? - Passion

A = Abilities What am I good at? Traits/aptitudes

T = Temperament What kind of person am I?

A = Assets What advantages do I have?

Run “You & Co.” As a Business

Self Managed careers: ...Business plan vs career plan.

...Marketing brochure vs. resume.

Managing a composite career - multiple jobs - paint the picture you want.

The Psychological Impact of Dejobbing

What do jobs do for us? We define ourselves by our job

title. Our friends are chosen based

upon our job. Our daily lives are structured

around job hours.

We’re All in This Together

We need new ways for securing income and saving for retirement.

We need to retrain several times in our life time.

We need health benefits.

Running the Post-Job Organization

Hire the right people who can work with job descriptions.

Hire the individual with the right D.A.T.A. Forget the resume, have people

demonstrate their qualifications. All work will be done in PROJECT TEAMS

The Shape of Tomorrow

Core

Employees

Vendors Temporary Workers

Customers/Clients

What Society Needs to Do about Dejobbing

Job Creation is wrong. Business Creation is

right. (incubators) Gov’t. needs to

encourage people to start businesses

Gov’t. needs to stop stealing jobs from regions.

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Help People Recycle Themselves

#1: Basic Skills

Literate, numerate, computerate.Successful training programs bring education and industry together.

#2: Business Self-ManagementTime management.

Goal Setting.

Communication Skills

Basic bookkeeping.

Project management.

Fundamentals of office management.

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Recycle

#3: Work Search Skills NOT Job Search SkillsUnderstanding your D.A.T.A. is essential!

Create Career and Business Development Centers.

Encourage “SOHO’s” - Single Operated Home Office.

Unions will need to reinvent themselves.

Getting Ourselves from Here to There

3 Phases of Transition

Ending, neutral zone, new beginning. End of the “American Dream” of starting with nothing

and ending up with comfort, affluence and security. Make a New Beginning:

Discover a purpose.

Picture yourself(vision).

Make a plan of action.

Describe your part or role that you will play in the 21st century.

New Job Market for 21st Century

NO more career paths. NO more lifetime employer. NO more standardized job

description. NO more support systems:

health, retirement, etc. Less on-the-job training.

3 Characteristics for Employment Security Employability - D.A.T.A. + knapsack

of skills

Vendor - mindedness

Resiliency - ability to compete, bend and bounce back.

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Top 10 Companies

1980 IBM At & T Exxon Schlumberger Mobil Chevron Atlantic Richfield General Electric General Motors Royal Dutch

Petroleum

1999 Microsoft General Electric Intel Merck WalMart Pfizer Exxon IBM Coca-Cola Cisco systems

2001

Exxon Mobil

Wal-Mart Stores

General Motors

Ford

General Electric

Citigroup

Enron

IBM

AT & T

Philip Morris

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5 Mega Trends Influencing Industry

Demographics Internet Globalization Consolidation Outsourcing and

privatization

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OLD Economy Versus NEW Economy

Labor vs. Management Business vs. environment Security Monopolies Job Preservation Wages Plant, Equipment National

Teams Encourage Growth Risk Taking Competition Job Creation Ownership, Options Intellectual Property Global

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OLD Economy Versus NEW Economy

Status Quo Standardization Top-Down Standing Still

Speed, Change Custom, choice Distributed Moving Ahead

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Impact Upon our Work-Base Learning Programs

Work Place Short-term projects Increased competition

from larger geographic pool.

Flexibility in place of employment.

Computer connected.

Student

D.A.T.A.

“You & Co.” Minded

Work search skills

Multi-tasked

Computer literate