Looking back at all the jobs I have had since I started working, some of the memorable ones were those that I did while I was still in school.
While in high school, my sister managed to get me part-time work during my school holidays. It was at the company she was working at that time and they needed temp staff to wrap gift hampers for the year-end holiday season. It was supposed to last for 2 weeks but in our naive youthful enthusiasm, our productivity was more than the requested demand. Hence we were fired after one week.
Other jobs I had during school days included being a swimming pool towel attendant and a private tutor. I had even wanted to work at McDonald’s when I was very young but they did not have an outlet near my town then – I even wrote a letter and typed it out to request that they open one near me…
Over my profession career of 26 years after graduation, I was only in a total of 5 different job roles. The longest was for 11 years and the shortest, a year. Times have changed and job hopping is pretty common nowadays for the younger generation.
The Millennials (those born after 1980) would argue that there are no iron rice bowl careers anymore. They strive to do something new all the time and may opt to switch jobs every 18 months because they know that new jobs are constantly being created. They have to evolve and reinvent themselves regularly in order to stay relevant. http://wp.me/p7tPYp-5U The world is their stage and competition is now global, without boundaries.
Based on how fast the job market is changing in the last few years, I don’t disagree with this point. Most jobs we had taken for granted in the past 30 years may soon disappear as they are disrupted by technology. We live in a brave new world indeed.
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