Foreseeing career transitions

Your relationship with your job is ultimately no different than any of your personal relationships. Either it's smooth sailing from start to finish, or choppy seas are encountered which can end in deluge or recovery into placid waters. Chances are however, given the high rate of divorces, so too might you find yourself divorcing your job and not just switching to a new one, but switching to an entirely new career. And statistics show that men and women in the workforce in today's world do just that, switching careers 2-4 times through the entirety of their working lives. The causes of separation from one's job and career path are usually no different from what drives personal relationships apart: perhaps your job becomes too dull and boring - or too demanding and excessively stressful. But apart from the extremes, timely career management means keeping ahead of the curve when it comes to your career or industry as a whole, which in turn means being proactive when it comes to the job market. Be on the lookout for new positions either with your current employer or elsewhere within your career that may complement what you already do while offering duties and qualities that may be more attractive. Pay attention to changes in your career or industry, such as automation or outsourcing, that are reshaping the way things are already being done, and be ready to meet those changes with your own innovations or move on to a new career. Above all, be flexible. There is no bigger cause of demise within relationships than rigidity, which may spell not only missed opportunities, but lead to you being squeezed out ultimately.