My New Book --- Ride Technology Wave for Career Success
Today,
we are living in the 21st century, with fast-developing #technologies, #digital
economies, a #knowledge society and global #uncertainty. Rapid technological advances have provided us means to explore beyond our own country and
improve our #productivity, #quality, #speed of travel, #decision-making and #lifestyle.
Technologies have been causing #disruptions and #displacements of jobs.
However, new technologies also create new jobs which of course require new #skills,
more #multi-tasking and efficient use of resources. This scenario demands
continuous #learning, early #adapting of newer technologies, #innovating
products and processes through #creative #thinking and #networking.
The
old concept of joining a company and slowly growing in it until your retirement
is no longer valid today. Instead of # employing, #training, providing job #stability
and drawing #loyalty toward the employer, #iring for #time-bound projects and #firing
when found #redundant is becoming a common feature. Both the employer and
employee want the best out of each other and for you; it is #"survival-of-the-fittest".
Each one of us is going through the process of acquiring professional #education,
acquiring new skills and working hard to have stability and #growth in our job.
Likewise, each employer is looking for highly competent, #multi-skilled, #innovative
and #creative #professionals, who are easily adaptable to multi-tasking and
fast-changing technology environment. You are to be alert and look out for #opportunities
to switch your job, at an appropriate time, rather than sticking to the #traditional
jobs. You are to actively manage your career by #learning new skills and enhancing
your #visibility through #networking and #knowledge #sharing.
Covid-19 has forced people to stay away from
workplaces, public gatherings, socializing, going to academic institutions,
shopping malls /centres, entertainment/ sports centres, travel or hotels.
Consequently, there has been a great loss of jobs and some employers are
forcing their employees to work from their homes. The world around us is highly
#interconnected, #interdependent, and #uncertain, where marketing is global,
operating on a 24x7 basis and throughout the year. Geographical boundaries of
countries have disappeared and #time #zones have become an advantage for global
business. Indeed, we are coexisting and cooperating in one global village, which
is #complex, demanding, #dynamic, speedy and full of #challenges. The education
systems are finding it very hard to keep pace with the market demand of young
professionals who are #multi-skilled in new technologies, highly productive and
billable from day one. Due to Covid-19 (pandemic), demand for a
technology/skill-based workforce has greatly increased. Consequently, there is
a need to align higher/professional education institutes and even vocational
education institutes to evolve their academic curriculum more aligned to
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (#STEM). The new learning-teaching
process will require more innovative and creative thinking, to quickly develop
highly reliable business solutions for various products and services.
Classroom teaching in #face-to-face mode and
supervising students has shifted to #ZOOM, Google Class Room and Moodle-like
technologies, for imparting education in #virtual #mode from primary school to
university level. Today a teacher has to be a very innovative and technology
expert in delivering #academic #curriculum online. The teacher also has to
carry out an online assessment/ evaluation.
The
technology #revolution (Industry Revolution (#IR4.0) is moving much faster than
predicted by various experts like Moor. The technocrats, IT professionals and #Data-Scientists
are already impacting us, whether at home or at the workplace. #Automation of
office work, #Manufacturing, #Process Control Industries, #Material handing
plants, #Warehouses, and #Construction sites continue to take away many routine
jobs. #Robotics, #3-D printing, #Drones, #Embedded software technologies, #Cloud
Computing, #Big Data, #Artificial Intelligence (AI), #Machines Learning (ML), #Internet
of #Things (IoT), Blockchain, #Virtual Reality (VR) and #Augmented #Reality
(AR), #5G networks and #Cyber #Security continue to impact areas like #diagnostics
and surgical procedures, medical #record-keeping, improving #productivity, #quality,
accuracy and scope of analysis and interpretation. Likewise, #Digital
Marketing, #Mobile communication, Video conferencing, Smartphones, Social
Media, and Pre-fab construction technology are disrupting many jobs. These impact our #health, #lifestyle, #relationships, business #alliances, work environment, and career #growth. Technology is #disrupting human-intensive
jobs as well as creating smarter jobs, though needing newer skills.
The
survival mantra is quick learning of new skills and early adoption of emerging
technologies. There is an urgent need to change our technical #education system
from the traditional skills building in #STEM (#Science, #Technology, #Engineering
and #Mathematics) to #DICE (#Design-Thinking, #Innovation, #Creativity and #Entrepreneurship).
This needs a shift in education #policies of the government as well as an
initiative by the industry to work together and create a knowledge #workforce
that easily adopts new technologies and gives a boost to the national #economy.
The
goal of this book is to provide #jargon-free, compact and #easy-to-grasp
material for young minds and show them the #pathway to traverse and sustain
their chosen career during fast-changing technologies and global competition.
This book will help you to take control of your current job and be ready to
grab emerging opportunities needing newer skills. This will equip you for easy
to #switch jobs and stay competitive and achieve your professional goals. It
will be a handy reference/guide for students undergoing professional studies,
business executives, team leaders, managers and teachers/professors, having
3-15 years of service. They will be able to re-assess them and “build
themselves above themselves”, to stay relevant to the organization.
This
book can act as a handy #guide or #companion for young professionals in any
field. To create a greater impact on you, the book has been written in simple
language in a conversational mode as if "you" and "me" are
having a face-to-face conversation. The book is designed to empower all young
professionals in any field like engineering, IT, business management, #digital #marketing/sales,
#design, production, projects, #banking, #insurance, education, #healthcare, #journalism
and government or private sectors.. It is recommended to treat this book as
your companion and spare a little time every day to open it and highlight a few
paragraphs of your choice. For those who are very busy and cannot spare much
time, they can still gain, if they just go through the first two chapters of
Introduction and Industrial Revolution IR 4.0. Rest assured that within 45 days
of picking up this book /eBook, you will become more proactive, and adaptable to
new technologies and improve your networking. You will become more popular due
to your new skills and innovations. You will have better career growth and
success. The book and ebook are available
on www.notionpress.com, www.amazon.in
and www.flipkart.com
Contact: Email: drsarbjit@gmail.com
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