Knowledge Nomads and the Nervously Employed: Workplace Change & Courageous Career Choices

Scholarly, practical, and highly readable, Knowledge Nomads and the Nervously Employed explores the abilities and personal traits an individual needs in order to maintain living-wage employment in the developing global economy. School based career and transition specialists and counselors in private practice will learn how to help their clients prepare for the marketplace, become more resilient in the face of change, and develop careers that can lead to fulfillment of individual purpose and meaning in work, family, and community.

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.