Career Moves

Chapter 1

Meeting the Challenges of the21st Century

Are you approaching your career from a 20th-century perspective, or are your career choices based on the workplace realities of the new millennium?

As a professional in training, HRD, and workplace learning and performance, you frequently have to focus on immediate issues as they occur in your workplace. But you'll also need to do more if you want to position yourself for success in your career. You'll also need to make good use of the powerful marketplace trends discussed in this chapter. Our brief look at these trends will show you social, cultural, work-related, and technological perspectives of our evolving world, and show you how these changes are altering the nature of your profession ...