Or why it’s not a bad thing to change job often

1. DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SHORT
TERM AND LONG
TERM SECURITY
OR WHY IT’S NOT A BAD THING TO
CHANGE JOB OFTEN

2. TEXTE
BEFORE VERSUS NOW
▸In the 80’s it was still common to have a single job during your
whole working life
▸In 2018 it’s becoming extremely rare
▸World is moving faster
▸Companies appear and disappear everyday
▸Skills quickly become obsolete
▸Nowadays it’s unrealistic to expect to keep your job longer than
5 years (it still happens but don’t count on it)

3. TEXTE
5 YEARS, WHAT THE FUCK ?
▸If we can only keep our current jobs for 5 years max how the
hell will we:
▸Pay for the house/car/apartment/scooter ?
▸Raise children and pay their food/clothes/studies ?
▸… basically make any kind of long-term plan ?

4. TEXTE
REALISE THAT « SECURE » JOB IS AN
ILLUSION
▸Because it’s simply not as secure as you think. Not for the
40 years that will last your working life.
▸Because if you persist to think so you’ll get way too deep into
your comfort zone
▸… and when you loose that job your pile of cards will
collapse. It will be much harder to find a new one. This is a
common cause of depression or even suicide.

5. THAT
« SECURE »
JOB IS WHAT
WE’LL CALL
SHORT TERM
SECURITY
It will probably keep
you up for multiple
years but you can’t
rely on it for your
whole life. And if you
do bad things will

6. TEXTE
DON’T THINK ABOUT JOBS, THINK
ABOUT A CAREER
▸A single job will never be an end in itself
▸A career is planning to acquire a lot of skills in a domain on
the long term
▸Having demanding skills makes you necessary for the society
▸If you’re necessary for the society you’ll find jobs
▸Try to be smart about choosing a career. Try to think ahead.
Professions appear and disappear everyday.

7. TEXTE
EVOLVE EVERYDAY
▸Whatever your skills are today it won’t be sufficient in 5 or 10
years
▸Learning new things and adapting to changing environment
is key

8. TEXTE
BE CRITICAL ABOUT YOUR CURRENT
JOB AND YOUR CAREER
▸Does your current allow you to evolve ? Do you have the
opportunity to learn new things ? Is it fulfilling ? Won’t it make
you too specialised in a one-company-only job ?
▸If no maybe you should consider trying to get another one.
▸Is your career still needed in this world ? Will it still be needed
tomorrow ?
▸If no maybe you should consider to change it, preferably in
advance and to something where you can re-use your skills

9. HAVING
THE
INTERNAL
RESOURCE
S TO
ACQUIRE
NEW SKILLS
EVERYDAY
GIVES YOU
LONG TERM
SECURITY
You may not
stay in jobs for
long but you’ll
always find new

10. I CAN HAZ
BOTH LONG
AND SHORT?
NO ! THEY ARE OPPOSITE
ATTITUDES AND MINDSET.

11. TEXTE
LET’S TAKE AN EXAMPLE
▸You are in job since quite a time, try to evaluate the situation and
notice there are multiple disadvantages to it:
▸You’re doing the same thing everyday (you are in your comfort
zone)
▸You don’t have the possibility to learn anything new (you can’t
make internal moves in the company)
▸It’s not a fulfilling job anymore
▸The skills used to perform it could not be re-usable in the future
(less and less people are hired to do that in other companies)

12. TEXTE
YOU HAVE THE CHOICE
TO KEEP THAT JOB TO LOOK FOR
ANOTHER ONE
IT’S SHORT TERM
SECURITY
IT’S LONG TERM
SECURITY
Pro: You’ll
continue to get
your pay check
for a few years
Con: You don’t
know for how long
Pro: You’re
investing in your
future career
Con: You take
risk on the short
term because you
could not fit your
new job

13. BWEF.
OTHER IDEAS
TO SPEAK
ABOUT THAT
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