Knowledge Nomads and the Nervously Employed: Workplace Change & Courageous Career Choices
Language: English
Published by CAPS Press, 2005
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- Title
- Knowledge Nomads and the Nervously Employed: Workplace Change & Courageous Career Choices
- Author
- Rich Feller; Judy Whichard
- Publisher
- CAPS Press
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1416400621
- ISBN 13
- 9781416400622
- Item weight
- 0.6 pounds
Discover how to avoid becoming "nervously employed" - worried about becoming unemployed or unemployable as a result of outsourcing or rapidly escalating developments in new technology. Learn to recognize the skills and abilities of the "knowledge nomad"- the worker who is most able to add value in the global and innovation economy.
Key features:
- Understanding and responding to globalization
- How the workplace is being transformed by technology
- Demographic and employment trends in the U.S. workplace and implications for employees
- The role of education in developing knowledge workers with strong character and a passion for life-long learning
- How counselors can facilitate the development of essential skills and traits such as agility in learning and change management
- How to help students leverage individual strengths and talents to develop a meaningful life and career
- How to support and challenge adults and students to respond with courageous choices to fears related to globalization, accelerated technology, and increased demands for learning.
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