Comments on: You will be underemployed…deal with it http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/2010/02/08/you-will-be-underemployed-deal-with-it/ The quest for flexibility in a rigid world Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:28:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Leanne http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/2010/02/08/you-will-be-underemployed-deal-with-it/#comment-2389 Leanne Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:23:20 +0000 http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/?p=1193#comment-2389 Michael - thank you - I have lived many of the realities you talk about. I still struggle with being underemployed at times...but it is where/how I choose to work right now for many reason...and I know it is MY choice... Ralf - isn't @tamadear great! She and I are hopefully working on something together very soon. I too am in Boston and part of the social media tribe of hers. You can check me out @LeanneCLC on twitter. Perhaps we'll meet at on of the many tweetups this great city has happening regularly. Michael – thank you – I have lived many of the realities you talk about. I still struggle with being underemployed at times…but it is where/how I choose to work right now for many reason…and I know it is MY choice…

Ralf – isn’t @tamadear great! She and I are hopefully working on something together very soon. I too am in Boston and part of the social media tribe of hers. You can check me out @LeanneCLC on twitter. Perhaps we’ll meet at on of the many tweetups this great city has happening regularly.

]]> By: Ralf Lippold http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/2010/02/08/you-will-be-underemployed-deal-with-it/#comment-2386 Ralf Lippold Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:31:31 +0000 http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/?p=1193#comment-2386 Leanne, Thanks a lot for these thoughtful reflections on how a truly enjoyable workplace can be like - pretty easy to achieve (when you crumple your old mental models;-)) Best regards Ralf PS.: Thankful to have gotten notice via @tamadear. I met her last August at PodCamp Boston together with other folks of the social media tribe in the area. Great connection:-) Leanne,

Thanks a lot for these thoughtful reflections on how a truly enjoyable workplace can be like – pretty easy to achieve (when you crumple your old mental models;-))

Best regards

Ralf

PS.: Thankful to have gotten notice via @tamadear. I met her last August at PodCamp Boston together with other folks of the social media tribe in the area. Great connection:-)

]]> By: Michael Leiter http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/2010/02/08/you-will-be-underemployed-deal-with-it/#comment-2385 Michael Leiter Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:22:47 +0000 http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/?p=1193#comment-2385 Leanne An excellent reflection on an important segment of working life. Not only do life events divert career paths into unexpected detours, but the general disconnect between university education and job markets permits people to develop sophisticated but unmarketable credentials. And the lack of on-the-job experience leaves people to discover much too late that they can’t stand the work for which they’re qualified. Along the lines of your adult perspective, it’s essential for people to realize that they are not their credentials. And that any position is an opportunity to put their skills and perspectives to work. Any job has the potential to be stretched a bit. It’s useful for employers to encourage employees to make the most of a job and for incumbents to test whatever limits are there. Michael www.workengagement.com Leanne
An excellent reflection on an important segment of working life.
Not only do life events divert career paths into unexpected detours, but the general disconnect between university education and job markets permits people to develop sophisticated but unmarketable credentials. And the lack of on-the-job experience leaves people to discover much too late that they can’t stand the work for which they’re qualified.
Along the lines of your adult perspective, it’s essential for people to realize that they are not their credentials. And that any position is an opportunity to put their skills and perspectives to work. Any job has the potential to be stretched a bit. It’s useful for employers to encourage employees to make the most of a job and for incumbents to test whatever limits are there.
Michael
http://www.workengagement.com

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