78 - Future Proofing Your Career

07/09/2023 16 min Episodio 78
78 - Future Proofing Your Career

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Cindy Esliger examines how today’s fast-changing job market demands that we adapt by future-proofing our careers. It’s important to stay relevant and competitive and that means continually updating our skills and knowledge to embrace change. How do we take those steps, though? The evolving job market means it’s unreasonable to believe that a single job or position will take us through the rest of our career lives. Instead, it’s far more likely that jobs could become irrelevant or obsolete due to technological advances. So Cindy advises taking steps to prepare for that inevitability now by fostering a willingness to be flexible and learn new skills.Cindy offers insight into what breaking away from old habits may entail. This includes envisioning what human skills technology is currently unable to replace and honing those abilities. Soft skills, human interaction, collaboration, and project management are all areas to embrace. Cindy also stresses that keeping up with technological advances is imperative to career flexibility. She shares practical steps to take in changing our mindset and approaching future change with a positive attitude. Future-proofing our career is in our hands.  Resources discussed in this episode:Guide to Future Proofing Your CareerAstronomic AudioConfidence Collective—Contact Cindy Esliger Career Confidence Coaching: website | instagram | facebook | linkedin | email Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.