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In the past ten years, it was generally known that the average worker is no longer the same lifetime job security that year, he / she was fifty. Today's workers are more likely to be between jobs and in other projects and companies involved in the course of their careers. Also in 1982 the average working time-span for a worker in a job was 8 years. Why has the market is inclined towards shorter periods of employment? Here are aSome of the factors:

Gendered influences

A study in the United States with data from 1973-1993 census found that there are two different trends in how long workers stay in their work. Men with low education (less than twelve years) are the no school funds are less likely now have a lifetime of work as if she had twenty years ago. However, women with school are better places for life, than they havetwenty years ago. This shows that the sex with less of an effect in the workplace, and that education today is the deciding factor for many positions.

Educational issues

In Ontario, since 1990 there has been a dramatic increase in employment growth by educational attainment. People with no education have little chance to find a job. Let this number not be alarmed if you still in school: This refers to the final level of educationthe future workforce. People with a high school diploma have the same chance of finding a job, as they are now in the early nineties. Above all, people with higher education, the majority of workers are in the present.

Technology Matters

In Canada was in 2000, a study of workers whose jobs are affected by the increase in computerization that the technology has a dubious relationship to job security. Of the respondents, a wideMajority (68%) believe their job security had been the same even with changing technologies. A quarter of these studies (24%) believe their jobs have become more secure. The smallest group, 9% felt their job security if they were affected by the advent of new technologies.

How does this affect me?

This information brings positive news for most workers.

First, if you are dissatisfied with your work, you can help change orders.Making career changes later in life is not as difficult as it once was. In fact, it might be useful for you to change jobs.

Secondly, if you change jobs, depending on the domain, you could be in a counter-offer or offer multi-position. This means that you will be able to ask a higher salary from your future employer. You might even have more than one employer to compete for your position.

Third, the formation isKey. Knowledge is the key to the labor market means that you can easily find a job. If you know what training is required for the desired career, go get it. Take advantage of evening classes, if you want. But you have the choice of training for your career need to earn at least a concrete goal and education is available. Even if you do not need a diploma or degree, consider holding short courses with certificate to your qualifications from their best side.

And finallyKeeping pace with technology. Technology as the labor market, and if you prove to your prospective employer that you are most qualified to use the tools of the trade, you probably save the location. Training or experience could show the way, your up-to-the-minute skills.

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