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THE NEXT ECONOMIC EPOCH IS ALREADY
ON OUR DOORSTEP. IS YOUR ORGANIZATION
READY TO CROSS THE THRESHOLD?
By Liz Bernier
You wake gently, the silent alarm in your smart device rousing you with minimal
disruption to your sleep cycle. Any other morning, you would feel peaceful, well rested
and relaxed.
Not this morning.
Today is the final day of your aptitude assessments, and you can’t help but feel more
than a little anxious.
Nerves aren’t strictly necessary – these assessments aren’t binding. They can’t dictate
what to do with your career path; they simply provide information. The assessments
point you toward your Skill Set Archetype, or the capabilities you have that are
portable and transferable between many occupational streams – regardless of labour
disruption and change.
Finding your Skill Set Archetype is one of the most important ways to determine your
direction – the body of work your skills and competencies would be most suited
toward. Since 2020, Canada’s provincial and federal governments have made these
assessments available to anyone entering the labour force, or re-skilling at any point
in their careers. Now, in 2030, there is a clear and cohesive picture of how these
competencies, or Archetypes, align with labour market needs.
You finish your breakfast while swiping through the assessment info materials on your
screen, one last time. As you do, you notice a link at the very bottom of the screen.
It says, “Alternative Stream: Single Employer Static Roles (SESR).”
They used to call these “jobs.” You know the concept still exists in smaller, struggling,
fragmented sectors of the global economy. But many of these jobs are at best
fragmented and at worst obsolete, rendered unnecessary as a result of automation,
technological disruption and paradigm shifts to the economy of work. You work with a
single employer, in a single role, performing a set of predefined tasks that change very
little from day to day – and certainly do not allow for the level of creativity, innovation
and adaptability that you hope for in your work.
You hover over the link for only a moment – then flip to the next webpage.
It’s time to find your place in the new world of work.
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