1. Adapting to Change
Chapter 24
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2. Preparing for the Future
Job market changes quickly (fig. 24.1)
Thinking in new ways
Average worker changes jobs 8 times before the age of 32
Your career & job security are in your own hands
Downsizing – eliminating jobs in a company to promote efficiency or to cut costs…everyone is affect even if they still have a job
1. Jobs that once employed a majority of the population have become much less significant
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3. Keeping up Companies invest heavily in training & education
Make use of all opportunities to keep your skills & knowledge up-to-date
Become a lifelong learner
Develop solid reading, writing, speaking, math, & listening skills
Get involved in new technology right away
1. AT&T spends about $7 Billion annually on training…the average AT&T employee receives a little more than a week of training every year
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4. Growing up in your job
Continue to update & improve your skills & knowledge
Makes you valuable to employer
May help you get a promotion
Job advancement to a position of greater responsibility & authority
Offers new challenges
Increased income as well!
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5. Who gets promoted?
People who have shown they can handle additional responsibility & authority
Seniority
Knowledge & competence
Willingness to learn
Initiative
Perseverance
Cooperativeness
Thinking skills
Adaptability
Education & training
2. Position you achieve by working for a sustained length of time…usually thought of as indicating greater experience & dependability
6. Quality of finishing what you start. Employers want to know that you will see a job through completion.
8. People who can think through situations and solve problems
9. Adapt to new situations & a changing business
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6. Handling your new responsibilities
Relationship with co-workers will change…you’re the boss!
Oversee their work & give direction
Set goals for them & review their performance
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7. Declining a promotion It’s ok to decline a promotion
Most employers will respect your judgment
Avoid closing the door on future offers
Let supervisor know the specific reasons why you are not accepting promotion
Leave them with the impression that you like your work & want to be considered for future promotions
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8. Changing jobs or careers
Why change jobs?
Should never be a snap decision
Analyze what is missing from your current job & what you want from a new one
Not happy
Want to grow – it is possible to outgrow your job
Job was terminated - downsizing
Sometimes you may choose change because you want to seek new opportunities. At other times, the change may be forced on you by events you can’t control.
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9. Making the change Focusing your search
Consider where you want to look for a new job.
Same job, new company
New job, new company
Starting over
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10. What’s different this time around?
Have job experience
You have proven skills to use
List jobs or careers that you might like
Arrange your interviews so you don’t miss work
Don’t burn bridges with your present employer
When you’ve found a job, give proper notice to your current employer
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