What’s going to change in your career next year compared to this year? It depends on who you ask, and there are a lot of career trends stories out there. I’ve found a good one, though, and I thought I’d share it with you.
Written by career adviser Irene Kotov for Lifehacker Australia, the “Top 10 Career Trend Predictions for 2014” are realistic and inspiring (especially if you like team work and technology). Here are five of Kotov’s predictions, along with a quote by her, that I feel stand out.
Interviews Will Get More Real
“We’ll see more of ‘roll up your sleeves and show me how you’d solve my company’s problems’ types of interviews.”
Google Will Become A Key Part Of Your Resume
“Make sure your LinkedIn profile is polished and your personal blog is full of solutions to problems in your industry, or you’ll miss out on opportunities.”
Writing For Top-Tier Blogs Will Become A Necessity
“…writing as an expert in your field on big media/industry blogs will become critical for success.”
Social Media Hotshots Will Be In Demand
“People who can create an effective social media strategy and then implement it (and demonstrate to the CEO how it drives his business goals) will be the business rockstars of 2014.”
“We” Will Begin To Gain Traction, Next To “I”
“We will see fresh new faces and companies who embrace the ‘we’ mentality at their core to create amazing workplaces, necessary products and inspiring leaders.”
Check out the rest of the article for Kotov’s other five trends, and please let us know in the comments your own career predictions for 2014.
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I’m assuming that this is based on ‘business in general’, it doesn’t really represent what we do.
Our association is a fairly tight knit group, we do things a little different.
1. When it comes to filling a position, the person that gets the job is usually someone we already know about or was recommended by someone we respect in the business. In our business, you can’t really hire off the street.
2. As mentioned, because of our association, Google, LinkedIn, etc, in reality, doesn’t have much value. Sure, you can play the game, but it’s a social network, questionable truth, and little security.
IAVM networking and word of mouth is what works for us.
3. Top Tier blog writing?!?!?! Time wasting for the vast majority of our members.
4. There already is a downturn in business social media for many reasons. Basically, when it is fully measured with confirmed results, it also is a time and money waster. The real social media is hiring a technology person to deliver content to everyone inside your building through your wi-fi, digital displays, etc.
5. This is the only one I kind of agree with. The future of effective leadership is leadership fueled by organized and effective collaboration. This should be blatantly obvious by what our association has accomplished through networking, training, and educating our membership.
My only future career trend predictiion is every manager must use technology in how they manage and communicate with their employees. For example, when our Ops employees clock in on an “all in one” computer touch screen time clock, they can also access a Google Docs ‘to-do’ list for their shift and what their job is specifically. Likewise, the work schedule, any issues, and company happenings. Since its Google Docs they can access these documents from anywhere.