What Will Be Your Job In 2003?
| Category: Business Development | Date: 2003-03-18 |
Predictions for the Work Force
Terri Levine, best-selling author of "Work Yourself Happy" and founder and president of www.ComprehensiveCoachingU.com, one of the largest coaching schools in the world, is in a unique position to see new trends in the workplace.
"I talk to all kinds of people, many working in the corporate world, and many more leaving it to stand - or fall - on their own," says Levine.
Here are some of her predictions for the work force for the end of this year and beginning of the next:
· As high as 90% of white-collar jobs will no longer exist or will be changed so that they no longer resemble the original role.
· Electronic data management will continue to change the way businesses operate and processes that used to require many people/hours to perform will continue to be performed automatically with new technology. This will ensure a continued requirement for experts in the field of electronic data system design and management, and also mean the further reduction in traditional positions such as in the clerical, secretarial, and printing/publication fields to name a few examples.
· There will be an increased need for specialized positions such as operations and performance management, marketing, and more analytical skills including managerial accounting, cost management, and change management.
· The emphasis on competing commercial activities under the 2001 FAIR Act is also changing how the workforce is utilized. Already it is reported in some States that The Office of Management and Budget has issued instructions for the preparation of the FAIR Act Inventory that will result in more positions being subject to competition and potential outsourcing under A-76 requirements. Contracting out is part of the future plan and is a process that is being adopted by government bodies and private enterprise on a global scale. Two services which have been outsourced for a while are catering and cleaning.
· Traditional white-collar roles will become more project-based, with more individuals acting as freelancers on a contract basis.
· More people will leave corporate careers to become entrepreneurs.
· Generation Xers will be more likely to work for themselves rather than trust their career and future success to a company who can and will put them out of work when it suits them, as has been done to many Gen Xer's parents.
· People will go through a continual process of doing one thing, returning for education, doing something new, returning to education, and doing something different again, and so on.
· Another emerging trend is that of specialization among professionals, with new professions sprouting from the old along with new standards of accepted performance and qualification.
· More women will enter the freelance field, finding they can be successful entrepreneurs in a range of fields now open to them thanks to the internet and advances in telecommunications. This will mean many women with families who are currently working full time positions will elect to work for themselves from home, as many are doing right now. Thanks largely to the internet, workers are no longer restricted to working for businesses “close to home” and many do work for overseas clients in all parts of the world.
· As more businesses offer employees work-from-home opportunities, more workers will take up this option and find it preferable because it saves time in commuting to/from the job, saves money in travel costs and child care and office clothing expenses, reduces their daily stress, and permits them a new sense of freedom and self empowerment.
· The relatively new career of coaching will continue to become a major entrepreneurial option for many professionals, and in the final quarter of 2002 alone, there will be more and more professionals entering coach training programs.
· The trend will continue that there will be a migration towards higher skilled roles and higher, multi-skilled contract freelancers and entrepreneurs, because despite many Government efforts to encourage businesses to invest in the development of their workforces and train them, businesses have not taken to this to the degree anticipated and have found other means of meeting their “needs”, in addition to which, they are finding it is more cost effective to sack their permanent staff and replace them with qualified freelancers on an as-need basis, and only the lucky employees who remain will receive any worthwhile training benefits. It’s much cheaper for businesses to bring in a professional as and when needed rather than maintain one on a permanent basis.
· Older employees are stressed with the new uncertain conditions relating to their own positions in the workforce. Change is often happening too rapidly for them to keep up. Many highly qualified and experienced workers are getting out while the going is good to set up their own business, or being forced to do something like this if they have fallen victim to a downsizing exercise.
· The number of retirees will drop off as it becomes more and more acceptable for them to move from job to job, start their own business and basically, remain active. Rather than be seen as past their use-by date, their value will increase due to their knowledge and experience.
· More individuals and businesses are and will continue to hire career and business coaches to keep up with the demands of the modern workforce and business trends, and those holding Master’s Degrees in coaching will have a definite advantage as the trend towards attaining higher skill levels and qualifications continues to grow and businesses and individuals continue to lean towards the more highly skilled ‘experts’ when seeking expert professional help.
· Already, higher education centers and universities are advertising that if you are tired of your current job/career, come back to school and learn something new. This IS the way of the future and we can expect more in 2003.
· A current trend which is likely to continue and grow is for people to hold down more than one part time/contract job, working hours and doing roles which suit their lifestyle and financial needs.
So basically, what you will be doing in 2003, is anybody’s guess because it is entirely up to you!
About the author.
Written by Terri Levine, MCC, PCC, MS, CCC-SLP, the President of Comprehensive Coaching U – The Professional's Coach Training Program, a popular Master Certified personal and business Coach, sought after Public Speaker, and Author of bestseller, "Work Yourself Happy" & "Coaching for an Extraordinary Life". She can be contacted via the web site ComprehensiveCoachingU.com or by telephone: 215-699-4949.
terri@coachinginstruction.com
http://www.ComprehensiveCoachingU.com
Terri Levine, best-selling author of "Work Yourself Happy" and founder and president of www.ComprehensiveCoachingU.com, one of the largest coaching schools in the world, is in a unique position to see new trends in the workplace.
"I talk to all kinds of people, many working in the corporate world, and many more leaving it to stand - or fall - on their own," says Levine.
Here are some of her predictions for the work force for the end of this year and beginning of the next:
· As high as 90% of white-collar jobs will no longer exist or will be changed so that they no longer resemble the original role.
· Electronic data management will continue to change the way businesses operate and processes that used to require many people/hours to perform will continue to be performed automatically with new technology. This will ensure a continued requirement for experts in the field of electronic data system design and management, and also mean the further reduction in traditional positions such as in the clerical, secretarial, and printing/publication fields to name a few examples.
· There will be an increased need for specialized positions such as operations and performance management, marketing, and more analytical skills including managerial accounting, cost management, and change management.
· The emphasis on competing commercial activities under the 2001 FAIR Act is also changing how the workforce is utilized. Already it is reported in some States that The Office of Management and Budget has issued instructions for the preparation of the FAIR Act Inventory that will result in more positions being subject to competition and potential outsourcing under A-76 requirements. Contracting out is part of the future plan and is a process that is being adopted by government bodies and private enterprise on a global scale. Two services which have been outsourced for a while are catering and cleaning.
· Traditional white-collar roles will become more project-based, with more individuals acting as freelancers on a contract basis.
· More people will leave corporate careers to become entrepreneurs.
· Generation Xers will be more likely to work for themselves rather than trust their career and future success to a company who can and will put them out of work when it suits them, as has been done to many Gen Xer's parents.
· People will go through a continual process of doing one thing, returning for education, doing something new, returning to education, and doing something different again, and so on.
· Another emerging trend is that of specialization among professionals, with new professions sprouting from the old along with new standards of accepted performance and qualification.
· More women will enter the freelance field, finding they can be successful entrepreneurs in a range of fields now open to them thanks to the internet and advances in telecommunications. This will mean many women with families who are currently working full time positions will elect to work for themselves from home, as many are doing right now. Thanks largely to the internet, workers are no longer restricted to working for businesses “close to home” and many do work for overseas clients in all parts of the world.
· As more businesses offer employees work-from-home opportunities, more workers will take up this option and find it preferable because it saves time in commuting to/from the job, saves money in travel costs and child care and office clothing expenses, reduces their daily stress, and permits them a new sense of freedom and self empowerment.
· The relatively new career of coaching will continue to become a major entrepreneurial option for many professionals, and in the final quarter of 2002 alone, there will be more and more professionals entering coach training programs.
· The trend will continue that there will be a migration towards higher skilled roles and higher, multi-skilled contract freelancers and entrepreneurs, because despite many Government efforts to encourage businesses to invest in the development of their workforces and train them, businesses have not taken to this to the degree anticipated and have found other means of meeting their “needs”, in addition to which, they are finding it is more cost effective to sack their permanent staff and replace them with qualified freelancers on an as-need basis, and only the lucky employees who remain will receive any worthwhile training benefits. It’s much cheaper for businesses to bring in a professional as and when needed rather than maintain one on a permanent basis.
· Older employees are stressed with the new uncertain conditions relating to their own positions in the workforce. Change is often happening too rapidly for them to keep up. Many highly qualified and experienced workers are getting out while the going is good to set up their own business, or being forced to do something like this if they have fallen victim to a downsizing exercise.
· The number of retirees will drop off as it becomes more and more acceptable for them to move from job to job, start their own business and basically, remain active. Rather than be seen as past their use-by date, their value will increase due to their knowledge and experience.
· More individuals and businesses are and will continue to hire career and business coaches to keep up with the demands of the modern workforce and business trends, and those holding Master’s Degrees in coaching will have a definite advantage as the trend towards attaining higher skill levels and qualifications continues to grow and businesses and individuals continue to lean towards the more highly skilled ‘experts’ when seeking expert professional help.
· Already, higher education centers and universities are advertising that if you are tired of your current job/career, come back to school and learn something new. This IS the way of the future and we can expect more in 2003.
· A current trend which is likely to continue and grow is for people to hold down more than one part time/contract job, working hours and doing roles which suit their lifestyle and financial needs.
So basically, what you will be doing in 2003, is anybody’s guess because it is entirely up to you!
About the author.
Written by Terri Levine, MCC, PCC, MS, CCC-SLP, the President of Comprehensive Coaching U – The Professional's Coach Training Program, a popular Master Certified personal and business Coach, sought after Public Speaker, and Author of bestseller, "Work Yourself Happy" & "Coaching for an Extraordinary Life". She can be contacted via the web site ComprehensiveCoachingU.com or by telephone: 215-699-4949.
terri@coachinginstruction.com
http://www.ComprehensiveCoachingU.com
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