Job Retention and Capitalisation Are Key To Lifelong Career Path
In days of yore it was quite normal to apply for a job/vocational placement and expect to stay there for an entire working career, be that long or short. These days however, the general thought amongst the younger working masses is to work for say 3 years with one company and then move on to bigger & better, having cut our teeth on the first job. There is far less brand or firm loyalty nowadays as it is perceived to be lazyy and not at all strident or outward facing if we don't branch out and look for new experiences and challenges. There appears to be little feeling that the employers would benefit from some stability in the work market - all those recruitment campaigns and advertising costs, plus the time taken to train up each replacement is astronomical. However, in some specialised areas such as medicine or law, this 'do a turn then cut & run' wouldn't be in any way helpful, the expectation is to get to the top, annd make a name for oneself! For less specialised jobs, career development is more focusing on networking, strategic career planning. There is the national goverment career service agency that can identify skills and explore career options, taking into account academic achievement and using the skill set to formulate a career path to start with. If the candidiate has some idea of what they wish to do as a career, then the possibility of planning their dvlopmeent is made that much easier. Once the first post has been achieved, working at it with clear goals and timeline will give them something concrete to aim for in each working year.
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