One Career, Two, Three, or More? What number are you up to?
For the Silent Generation and many Baby Boomers one career and one job was pretty normal. Today we see Generation Y having not only multiple jobs but multiple careers. On balance this actually makes sense. Challenge is for Generation X who are in the middle. Many Generation X’s look at the resume of a Generation Y and think too many jobs, no career stability. Is this misguided? Is technology at a time where it’s normal to transition through several careers in one working lifetime? How could Generation X relook at the stigma of a mid-life crisis and maybe consider that for some these emotional crossroad situations could be resolved by giving yourself permission to make a dramatic career change without feeling lousy about your old beliefs?