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How To Successfully Navigate In A Fast-Changing Job Market
Money, fulfillment, and the fiction of dream jobs
Finding a job even two decades ago was a relatively simple task. Usually, it was enough that you were good at something, got the right education, or chose a profession in which you could specialize. The work was stable — many people spent their entire professional life in one workplace. And if you stood out from the crowd, a profitable career was basically your destiny.
This situation has changed dramatically over the past twenty years. On the one hand, we live in a world with plenty of new opportunities. Driven by advanced technologies, the labor market of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating demand for millions of new jobs.
On the other hand, many of us suffer from increasing job insecurity and lack clear and easy-to-plan career options. Right before our eyes, unique, fantastic opportunities to make money are arising, which often disappear just as quickly.
The times are changing but not our desires. Everyone wants to win the job lottery. Most of us still wish to get an honest and stable job, providing a livelihood for them and their families. Yet, creating our own professional future has never been so difficult.
