Job Security, Pt. 1- Fact or Fiction?

Good Sunday afternoon and Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. My family and I spent a relaxing Saturday with Aunt Connie & Uncle Boomer (long story) at their lake home in Grand Rapids. It's a beautiful place and we spent the day lounging in the sun and the evening drinking oatmeal stout and frying up some fresh crappies for dinner. It doesn't get much better than that right? But alas, here I am back to the real world.....


Tackling the subject matter of job security as a centerpiece of discussion has it's genesis in the trends and events I read and hear about that seem to be more commonplace everyday: off-shoring, lay-offs, wage freezes, bill rates halved in the middle of contracts, individuals once highly sought after and highly paid now unemployed and without prospect, etc. etc. Indeed the economy and information technology marketplace we once knew is gone forever. The important question many of us ask is "how will this affect me?" or more specifically, "how will this affect my job security?" A message I've emphasized for a number of years with many of you is that job security as we know it has taken on a much different meaning. Because of this shift it's important to re-evaluate our understanding of how job security is defined and how we should chart our career paths accordingly. But before you can make those big decisions, you need to take the time to understand how the market has changed, why it's changed, how it will likely change in the future, and lastly, how can you position yourself to benefit from these changes. This series of "Job Security" posts are geared to help you answer these important questions and intergrate the knowledge acquired into your decision making process so you can move forward with confidence knowing you're on the right path.

Stay tuned for Part 2: Job Security- Then and Now