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The changing nature of careers

The changing nature of careers. Prof John Blenkinsopp and Ruth Winden CIPD Northern Area Partnership Centenary Conference 7 th June 2013. ‘Plus ça change?’, aka ‘Do you remember the last time?’.

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The changing nature of careers

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  1. The changing nature of careers Prof John Blenkinsopp and Ruth Winden CIPD Northern Area Partnership Centenary Conference 7th June 2013

  2. ‘Plus ça change?’, aka ‘Do you remember the last time?’ • Studies of labour market patterns would suggest modern careers aren’t as different from traditional careers as we think…but there are some important differences… • Workforce diversity • Reduced job security • More unemployment and underemployment • More job changes • More occupational changes • Greater geographic mobility • And regardless of objective changes, work and career certainly feels different…and how it feels matters.

  3. Question 1 • At the end of an interview, when given the usual opportunity to ask the panel any questions, a candidate poses the following question: “What kind of career prospects can you offer me?” • What would your answer be? • Take a minute to think about your own organisation, then • Discuss with the person on your left for 2 minutes. then • Find another pair to discuss this with for 2 minutes…

  4. Question 2 • Think about your own career, your current situation and your aspirations… • How will you find your next job? • Take a minute to think about this on your own, then • Discuss with the person on your RIGHT for 2 minutes. then • Find another pair (not the same people as last time) to discuss this with for 2 minutes…

  5. Question 3 • Who do you talk to about your career? • Take a minute to think about this on your own, then • Discuss with the person sat in front of you for 2 minutes. then • Find another pair (not the same people as last time) to discuss this with for 2 minutes…

  6. Question 4 • What makes you want to engage with an organisation? • Take a minute to think about this on your own, then • Discuss with the person sat behind you for 2 minutes. then • Find another pair (not the same people as last time) to discuss this with for 2 minutes…

  7. A vicious circle in careers?

  8. Some crystal ball gazing… • Underemployment a growing trend (Scurry & Blenkinsopp, 2011), perhaps a future norm? • Low carbon careers? (Blenkinsopp & Scurry, 2012) • ‘Vulcan’ careers (Blenkinsopp, 2013)

  9. Career Resources • “Career discussions at work: Practical tips for HR, managers and employees” • Written & researched for the CIPD by Wendy Hirsh, Charles Jackson &Jennifer M. Kidd • http://www.cipd.co.uk/hr-resources/practical-tools/career-discussions-tips.aspx • A classic, and still absolutely topical and valid • Professional Association for Career Professionals (UK) • The Career Development Institute (CDI), founded April 2013, following merger of ICG, ACPI, ACEG, NAEGA - http://www.thecdi.net

  10. Career Resources • Keeping up to date with career development topics, from social media and careers, to career management, recruitment and employment: • Findings of the 2012 Global Career Brainstorming Day: Trends for the Now, the New & the Next in Careers; with input from thought leaders in the UK careers profession: • www.careerthoughtleaders.com/wp-content/up/CTL-Brainstorming-Day-2012-Whitepaper.pdf • Harvard Business School blog on careers and employment: http://blogs.hbr.org/ • The Guardian Careers Section http://careers.guardian.co.uk/ • CIPD report: Employers are from Mars, young people are from Venus: addressing the young people/jobs mismatch (2013) • http://www.cipd.co.uk/binaries/MarsVenus%20FINAL%2030%2004%2013.pdf

  11. Academic papers • Sullivan, S.E. & Baruch, Y. (2009) Advances in career theory and research: a critical review and agenda for future exploration. Journal of Management, 35(6), 1542-1571. • http://db.lib.uidaho.edu/ereserve/courses/a/aoll/560_00/docs/aoll560_sullivan.pdf • Scurry, T. & Blenkinsopp, J. (2011). Graduate underemployment: a review of the literature. Personnel Review, 40(5), 643-659. • Blenkinsopp, J., Baruch, Y., & Winden, R. (2010). “Managing Your Leadership Career in Hard Times”, In Rothstein & Burke (Eds). “Self-Management and Leadership Development”. Edward Elgar, 197-225.

  12. Contact details • Prof John Blenkinsopp, Hull University Business School • www2.hull.ac.uk/hubs/aboutus/ourstaff/allstaff/b/blenkinsopp_j.aspx • LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/pub/john-blenkinsopp/3/862/336 • E-mail: j.blenkinsopp@hull.ac.uk • Ruth Winden, Careers Enhanced • Twitter: @RuthWinden • LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/in/ruthwinden • E-mail: ruthwinden@careersenhanced.com

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