Employee Aptitudes in the New Economy
Employees in the New Economy...
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won't take breaks.
Work will be expected from phones, tablets, kiosks, and laptops whenever it arrives.
Too many breaks may be construed as lazy or non-productive.
Being out of touch entirely for long durations may be a severe career limiting move.
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won't take vacations.
There are plenty of people who will need your job.
Certainly you'll want to keep your personal time to a minimum? ...
won't be sick.
Sickness could be construed as weakness and unreliable.
Who wants to choose a service provider who's unreliable or weak? ...
don't log-off at 5pm.
The digital world is 24/7/365.
Employers will need employees who're just the same.
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will always be learning.
Employees in the digital age will be expected to adapt to new software and information rapidly.
Employees in the digital age will always be going back to school.
The competition for scarce jobs will be immense.
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will telecommute but will be monitored.
When they log in, when they log off, how many minutes they were at their desk...
even their desktops can be watched by clients for quality control.
(Note: already happening: check out oDesk.
com and liveperson.
com).
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will work many jobs.
Working for multiple employers at a single time will be seen as a way of getting ahead, and, making new contacts, earning new skills, and proving yourself in a vast labor market.
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won't play solitaire or goof off on the web.
Why? Too busy.
Compensation works by meeting objectives, not by wasting time.
Especially risky when the boss can watch your screen at any time.
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are expendable, and strive to add more value.
Contract 1099 labor is a lot easier to get rid of than employed w-2 labor.
At-will takes on a whole new meaning as a temp.
Successful employees will add more to the employment arrangement than just their labor.
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will manage their own medical, financial, education, and pension matters well.
Employers don't want this in the New Economy.
These problems will shift to the employee exclusively.
Employees that don't have a good working understanding of these things may find themselves at a severe long-term disadvantage.
...
won't have performance evaluations.
Such things aren't necessary in a world of automated metrics.
Contracts will terminate through automation, not managerial review.
...
will be self-directed.
Employees incapable of taking initiative and managing their own time will be "Darwinized" by other employees vying for the same work.
...
won't have boundaries.
Work and play, home and office, here and there, that and this...
all have no meaning to the New Economy Employee.
Work and home lives are constantly interwoven and blurred.
Where they work and play will continuously overlap.
...
won't be managers.
Who needs managers in a self-directed, self-policing economy? Instead, there may be a need for facilitators or enablers, but no managers.
...
will be expert networkers, capable of tapping into social networks onground and online to find work.
Are you ready yet?
...
won't take breaks.
Work will be expected from phones, tablets, kiosks, and laptops whenever it arrives.
Too many breaks may be construed as lazy or non-productive.
Being out of touch entirely for long durations may be a severe career limiting move.
...
won't take vacations.
There are plenty of people who will need your job.
Certainly you'll want to keep your personal time to a minimum? ...
won't be sick.
Sickness could be construed as weakness and unreliable.
Who wants to choose a service provider who's unreliable or weak? ...
don't log-off at 5pm.
The digital world is 24/7/365.
Employers will need employees who're just the same.
...
will always be learning.
Employees in the digital age will be expected to adapt to new software and information rapidly.
Employees in the digital age will always be going back to school.
The competition for scarce jobs will be immense.
...
will telecommute but will be monitored.
When they log in, when they log off, how many minutes they were at their desk...
even their desktops can be watched by clients for quality control.
(Note: already happening: check out oDesk.
com and liveperson.
com).
...
will work many jobs.
Working for multiple employers at a single time will be seen as a way of getting ahead, and, making new contacts, earning new skills, and proving yourself in a vast labor market.
...
won't play solitaire or goof off on the web.
Why? Too busy.
Compensation works by meeting objectives, not by wasting time.
Especially risky when the boss can watch your screen at any time.
...
are expendable, and strive to add more value.
Contract 1099 labor is a lot easier to get rid of than employed w-2 labor.
At-will takes on a whole new meaning as a temp.
Successful employees will add more to the employment arrangement than just their labor.
...
will manage their own medical, financial, education, and pension matters well.
Employers don't want this in the New Economy.
These problems will shift to the employee exclusively.
Employees that don't have a good working understanding of these things may find themselves at a severe long-term disadvantage.
...
won't have performance evaluations.
Such things aren't necessary in a world of automated metrics.
Contracts will terminate through automation, not managerial review.
...
will be self-directed.
Employees incapable of taking initiative and managing their own time will be "Darwinized" by other employees vying for the same work.
...
won't have boundaries.
Work and play, home and office, here and there, that and this...
all have no meaning to the New Economy Employee.
Work and home lives are constantly interwoven and blurred.
Where they work and play will continuously overlap.
...
won't be managers.
Who needs managers in a self-directed, self-policing economy? Instead, there may be a need for facilitators or enablers, but no managers.
...
will be expert networkers, capable of tapping into social networks onground and online to find work.
Are you ready yet?