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Today’s workers are increasingly focused on building a portfolio of skills rather than finding a “job for life”.
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Francois Lancon
When I joined my first company 40 years ago, I was handed my employment ID and told: “We have planned your career for life and, if you quit, you can never come back.”
It was a sentiment that reflected how many organisations and workers viewed careers at the time. Long-term employment with a single company was often seen as both the norm and the goal. Career paths were typically linear, with employees progressing through well-defined stages within the same organisation.
