You have to do it; it’s your growth.
Fast forward to present day: employee turnover is very high; most people on average stay one job for a few years before leaving for ‘greener pastures’. People are always striving to get more challenging and rewarding opportunities in the job market. At the same time, companies are scouring the world for the best talent to add onto their workforce. Changing technology is also changing the way we work; more jobs are becoming redundant. Look at the average C.V. or Linkedin profile and you will notice a host of different companies in the work experience section: it is the new normal.
One thing that has definitely changed is how training is done and who bears the responsibility of managing it. Companies still carry out trainings for their employees but the level of investment isn’t as it was. In some, the training isn’t worth writing home about. We are seeing more employees taking their career growth in their own hands now. A huge number of people take up evening classes to get more certifications and degrees. The growth of online universities and now sites such as Coursera and Udemy offering courses has further increased the accessibility of training. More importantly, is the availability of free tutorials and channels where people openly share what they know on Youtube. The barriers to growth are lower than ever; no excuses.
The ball is in your court; carve out some time for yourself in your busy work week and be in charge of your growth. It doesn’t have to be within your present skill set; maybe you want to change industries completely. Even an hour a week is substantial. You have to do it; it’s your growth.
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Up to the tail end of the 90s, hearing a person change jobs was a rare thing. Most of our parents started work in one company as young, naive men and women in their 20s, got married and then retired in their late 50s and early 60s, just as their children also started out their own working lives. It was the job cycle and it worked like clockwork; the stories may have had different characters but the theme never changed.
The story always started with a very junior starting position and over time there were successive promotions where most would end up in a managerial position of some sort at the end of their careers. Just before every growth step, the company would invest in training for the employee. The level of investment and duration of training varied from one day workshops to fully-paid multi-year University programmes abroad. The company was the family that took care of you and built you from a kid to a fully functional and skilled member of the society.