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In the past, careers were stable, linear, and singular. People chose one path and pursued it over the course of their lives from college to retirement.
Careers are now complex, fragmented, specialized, collaborative and ever evolving. More often than not, our work life will be made up of a portfolio of micro-careers.
Future Progressive: This tense is used to denote an action or condition that will be taking place sometime in the future. Here we must add will to the standard progressive form of be + main verb + ing. Examples: I will be feeling sick tomorrow. This condition will begin in the future and continue for an unspecified or unknown period of time. I will be studying French soon. I will study French in the future and will continue for an unspecified or unknown period of time.
Use the Future Progressive with be going to or will to talk about things that will be in progress at a specific time in the future. Usage Note: We often use the future progressive to hint what we would like someone to do us a favor. A: Will you be going by the post office tomorrow? B: Yes. Do you need stamps? A: Yes. Could you get me some. Remember that if the sentence has a time clause, use the simple present tense or present progressive in the time clause, not the future or future progressive. I’ll be cookingwhile the robotis cleaning.
Future Perfect Simple: This form establishes the time relationship between two conditions or actions that will occur and be completed in the future. The structure is will + have + past participle. Examples: By the time I get to Chiang Mai, I am going to walk to I will have walked 500 kilometers. Chiang Mai. When it is all done - 500km will have been walked. I will have completed my studies When I leave Phuket, by the time I leave Phuket. my studies will have been completed.
When we use the future perfect, we imagine a certain point of time in the future, and we look back at events that will be completed by that time. By June, hewill have paid his debt. Wewon’t have saved enough by then. Use BY + TIME EXPRESSION to identify the point in time in the future. By June, she’ll have boutha used car. Use ALREADY and YET to emphasize whether an event will have happened by a point in time. By May, he’ll have ALREADY saved $ 1,000. By May, he won’t have saved $ 2,000 yet.
Future Perfect Progressive: This tense is used to indicate that an action or condition will continue until a specific time in the future. The form for this tense is will + have + been + main verb + ing Examples: By the time I get to France, I will have been studying French for two years. By the time I get married, I will have been looking for a wife for a long time. Both of these examples indicate the condition or action will continue until (at least) a specific time in the future.
When we use the future perfect progressive, we imagine a certain point in the future, and we look back on things already in progress. We moved here in 1998. By next December we will have been living here for several years. The Future Perfect Progressive focuses on how long and often includes the length of time. You’ll have been speaking French for ten years by then. Remember that NON-ACTION verbs are not usually used in the progressive. By May, he’ll have owned his car for a year. By May, he’ll have been owning his car for a year.
On a timeline, the Future Perfect Progressive looks like this:
