Career Building & Work Styles - Strategies for Surviving in an Era of Change
In modern times where career options are diversifying, you can acquire the knowledge and thinking methods to find your own work style and build a career from a long-term perspective.
The Importance of Career Building
The era when lifetime employment was taken for granted has passed, and an era has arrived where individuals proactively design their careers. With extended life expectancy, we are likely to work into our 70s. In such a long career, it is no longer realistic to stay in one company or occupation.
In an era of rapid change, it is necessary to understand your market value and strategically think about what skills and experiences to accumulate. Rather than walking through your career aimlessly, you are required to explore ways of working that leverage your strengths and provide value to society.
Recommended Books
The books introduced here provide guidance to think deeply about careers and take practical action. Through these books, you can reexamine your own value and gain hints for walking a more fulfilling professional life.
If You've Ever Wondered Whether You Should Stay at Your Current Company: The Thinking Method for Job Change
This book provides a thinking framework for those facing the choice of changing jobs to make calm judgments. You can learn how to compare your company's lifespan with your career length and evaluate yourself with the objective indicator of market value. By making logical career decisions without being swayed by emotions, you can make choices without regret.
- Job changing is not bad but a means to increase your market value
- Think about company selection criteria as 'growing market' times 'position where you can excel'
- Whether you work looking at your boss or the market determines your future market value
- Creating a state where you can always change jobs is the ultimate stability
LIFE SHIFT: 100-Year Life Strategy
This reveals that the traditional three-stage life plan no longer works in the new reality of the 100-year life. It presents specific strategies for transitioning from the linear model of education, work, and retirement to a multi-stage life. It provides an opportunity to think about new ways of working and living for a long life by recognizing the importance of intangible assets such as skills, health, and relationships, not just tangible assets.
- In a 100-year life, the traditional three-stage model does not function; transition to multi-stage is necessary
- Not just financial assets but intangible assets like productivity assets, vitality assets, and transformation assets become important
- You need to experience multiple transitions throughout life and continue acquiring new skills and roles
- Longevity can be viewed not as a curse but as a gift that expands possibilities
LIFE SHIFT(ライフ・シフト)
リンダ グラットン, アンドリュー スコット, 池村 千秋 / 東洋経済新報社 / 2016-10-21
■45万部突破! ずっと売れてます! ■NHKBS1「LIF...
Let Me Tell You About the Hard Times
A letter about the essence of work written by Tsuyoshi Morioka, who achieved a V-shaped recovery for USJ, for his child facing job hunting. He frankly discusses from a father's perspective how to find your strengths, how to decide criteria for company selection, and what it means to create value in society. This book combines the sharp analysis of a marketing expert with the warm gaze of a parent.
- Your strengths are hidden within what you like
- A career is a vehicle for delivering your strengths to society
- Success comes from focusing on strengths, not overcoming weaknesses
- Understanding the essence of capitalist society is the first step in career strategy
苦しかったときの話をしようか ビジネスマンの父が我が子のために書きためた「働くことの本質」
森岡 毅 / ダイヤモンド社 / 2019-04-11
「何をしたいのかわからない」「今の会社にずっといていいのか」...
Career Design for Working People
An introductory book by Toshihiro Kanai, a leading career researcher, systematically explaining career theory for working people. It presents a unique perspective of combining career design at turning points with drift during other times. By translating academic knowledge into practical advice, you can gain a theoretical framework for objectively reconsidering your own career.
- Design your career at turning points and drift with the flow at other times
- Finding your career anchor clarifies your core values
- Chance events can also be utilized as important elements that enrich your career
- Career consists of both subjective meaning-making and objective record
Summary
Career building is not a one-time decision but a continuous process of self-understanding and environmental adaptation. The books introduced capture careers from different angles, but what they have in common is the importance of "thinking with your own head and acting proactively." Utilize this knowledge to draw your own unique career story.