In the olden times :) your grandfather was hired, put into an apprentice program or developed over the course of 30 years into some kind of manager/leader. Yeah...that doesn't happen any more. 2-3 years and out is more the norm. Markets change, new products appear so fluidly now that it is impossible to predict future staffing needs too far in advance.
Capelli recommends using the principles of supply chain management to help solve for the ever changing uncertainty.
Bradley is with Lee Hecht Harrison and does "human capital consulting". She recommends that people take more charge of their own careers. You will NOT be handed anything in this day and age. She offers the following very solid advice:
Employees in the workplace have to manage their careers by polishing
their skills, keeping sharp, keeping their networks open, making sure
their reputation is impeccable and keeping their performance at top
levels.
The interview gets into the "Loyalty" question. Loyalty is a relative term. We all know this isn't your grandfather's career anymore. Companies don't expect loyalty in the 1950's sense of the term. They expect "commitment". They expect you to be committed to the gig and perform at a high level for the time you are in that gig or at that company.
Bradley continues...and I love this part...the people that are still, in 2008, "loyal" are not people that the company WANTS. They are the dead wood. They are the ones sitting in their cubes, logging the time until retirement. They aren't keeping their skills current. They aren't PERFORMING.
Companies want commitment to the work - to the PROJECT! (Shout it like Tom Peters!)
What are you doing to keep up your skills...to keep current....to build your BRAND?
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