Future of Information

Technology

Employment

Globalization

Skill Commoditization

Hiring Decisions made via

Telephone or Internet

Increasing

Specialization

Must "Hit The Ground Running"

Shorter Technology

Lifecycles

Increasingly,

your location

doens’t matter

You are now a

global competitor

Pressure on to

have the best

knowledge and

tools available..

But when it does

matter, you must

be able to arrive

at a moments

notice

Hiring is done

via telephone

Experts are

preferredYou must

establish

yourself as an

expert

Never allow yourself to become a commodity!

Over time most

skills end up this

way

ensure you are

working in a new

area that is not

well understood

operating

systems

databases

application

programs

networks

need to "remake

yourself" more oftenfrom 5 years to 3

from 3 years to 1

finally, it's

flexibiltiy that

pays

You must master 2 or

more of these areas

The more jobs

advertised for a

particular skill,

the more of a

commodity the

skill set

When hired, you

are productive

your first day

Raises the bar

for screening

You must

answer

questions that

indicate

productivity on

day one

Enter the

"interview

questions"

review

Commodity skills

are lowed paid

Trust is gone

Establish trust by

any means

Publish a book

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