Insights into Where this Economy Will Bring Us

Insights into Where this Economy Will Bring Us Remember the transporters in Star Trek? You would step onto the platform and Scottie would transport you where you wanted to go. Pretty cool, right. It seems like everyone is trying to figure out what the next boon will be for our economy and world of work so that you can properly transport yourself to boldly go where no man has gone before. The Career Goddess wrote a summary of the Times article The Way Well Workon the 10 ways the work world will be different. She leads into her post by saying: Well, hang on to your laptops because the changes that are coming are going to require forethought in career planning and in job search management. Better to get some advance notice, is my motto. High Tech, High Touch, High Growth Training Managers to Behave The Search for the Next Perk Were Getting Off the Ladder Why Boomers Cant Quit Women Will Rule Business It Will Pay to Save the Planet When Gen X Runs the Show Yes, Well Still Make Stuff The Last Days of Cubicle Life So if that isnt enough reading, try 4 Visions of the Post-Recession Workforce from Pongo. Thisreferences an articlefrom CBSMoneyWatch. 1.Women will make up a majority of the workforce.2.It will continue to be a Baby Boomers world.3.The federal stimulus will spawn growth in green jobs.4.Flexibility can help workers maintain full-time schedules, but not necessarily at one job. See the overlap. I know theunemployment numbers are high, but people witha clear visionand resiliency andlackof fear are successfully securing new jobs every day.Beam me up, Scottie!