THE UGLY TRUTH: About your Job - Career - Future

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If you work for ...
the odds you will still be ... in the year 2005 are only 1 in 5.
In ... swirling with change, one million people ...
a new business this year. The U If you work for yourself: the odds you will still be inbusiness in the year 2005 are only 1 in 5.
In today’sworkplace swirling with change, one million people willstart a new business this year. The UGLY truth is, 800,000will be "out of business" in the year 2005.If you work for someone else: It is likely you won’t be withthem in five years.
Even major corporations lack stayingpower in today’s international economy. The average jobcycle is down to 3 to 5 years but in recent months has beencut much shorter.
Even our years of experience becomeobsolete over-night. In fact most will change careers (notjobs) five to seven times over the next 40 years.Security is no longer in the job: the company, the industryor any other outside force.
Our intrinsic worth is measuredby what we can contribute to any organization today andtomorrow.What can I do, you ask: to provide security no matter whereI go or what I aspire. The only transferable skill that canbe applied to any opportunity is your ability to (1) Makeyour point.
(2) Sell your ideas. (3) Express yourselfpersuasively and convincingly.
These skills never becomeobsolete.Research studies prove: that a strong command of the EnglishLanguage is directly linked to your career advancement, tothe money you make, and to your social success. The JohnsonO’Connor Research Foundation studies human aptitudes andtheir link to success.
They report - "An extensive range ofverbal skills accompanies outstanding success more than anyother single characteristic." - In hard times the samestudies show that those laid off first tend to be lowcommunications skills people.Michael Leaven said: In his book, Guerrilla P.R., "abilityto use language persuasively, is arguably the most importantattribute. Verbal communications is the #1 key to personaland business success."FUTURIST, Rolf Jensen: director of the Copenhagen Institutefor Future Studies.
"We are in the twilight of a societybased on personal communication skills." Society will placenew value on the language of persuasion. Specialists in theart of inspiring human emotions will be in demand.
Companieswill recruit people based on how they express their ideas.Advanced Conversation Skills Coach: Oscar Bruce in his bookWINNING WORDS WINNING WAYS asserts that "With a strongcommand of language you will go farther and get aheadfaster."Give Yourself The Edge:At a time when people are being laid off at an expectedrate, give yourself the edge when it comes to keeping yourcurrent job or being first to get a new job. Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com.