5 Career Rules for the 21st Century
The nature of work is evolving at breakneck speed. A raft of collaboration tools makes it easier for dispersed groups to achieve common goals, and changing norms regarding flexibility are challenging the conception that an organization's work takes place in a central location between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. To cope, and better yet, to flourish in a 21st-century work environment, here are five rules to consider as you seek to optimize your career.
Do you live by the project tracking provided by Asana? Love being mobile while keeping on point with Slack? It's never been easier to engage in remote work, or to plunge into a career on your own in the gig economy, perhaps as a digital nomad.
But there's a downside to the technology that enables our freedom, in that it can also allow us to isolate ourselves. Participating in collaboration-centric platforms can have the unintended effect of making you less relevant if you don't find time to physically check in at the office, or at least use technology for slower, one-on-one interactions.
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