THE TOP 10 CAREER STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE



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10 Strategies for Future Careers by Gary Joseph Grappo.

Jobs and careers change with the times, so now more than ever you need strategies to keep up. Gary Joseph Grappo offers 10 strategies in a new book designed to ensure you a successful career, in whatever field you choose, during the tumultuous decades ahead.

1. Update your attitude. Be positive and face change head on. Discuss your fears about the future with others you can trust, but do take responsibility for yourself.

2. Discover the future growth industries. The biggest growth areas, according to Grappo, are health care, robotics, computer graphics, infotech, biotechnology, and lasers.

3. Develop the right skills, including "soft" skills such as team work, problem solving, and creativity, and "hard" skills such as technological literacy.

4. Learn to sell yourself the way a company sells a product.

5. Build a network through such things as volunteering, teaching, making presentations, and joining organizations.

6. Change jobs frequently.

7. Act as an independent contractor.

8. Think nationally -- don't limit your opportunities geographically.

9. Go global -- markets are emerging around the world.

10. Start your own business. After all, one sure strategy for job security is working for someone who can't fire you.

From: THE TOP 10 CAREER STRATEGIES FOR THE YEAR 2000 & BEYOND by Gary Joseph Grappo. Berkley Publishing Group. 1997. Purchase the book at

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