Career-development Programs for School Athletes

A hard truth of the world of business that emerged in the late 20th century that the days of the 25-year gold watch are days of yore. This is the case even though the decade of the 1990s brought unprecedented prosperity of long duration to the industrial democracies, especially the USA. But in the midst of nearly full employment is concealed a complex of facts about the content of the full-employment structure. That is that full employment does not necessarily mean continuous employment at one company or other organization for individuals or groups over the entire course of their working lives. It is not uncommon to hear of people making major career changes two or three times during their working lives. Everything from company politics to a big merger with another company might come into play, but the reasons behind job transitions are not relevant to this research; only the fact that they are either necessary or desirable is.

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he explains, people didn't have to worry about career changes or personal development. That is a difference between modern society and the past: Now, most of us, even those of us with modest endowments, will have to learn to . . . develop ourselves. We will have to place ourselves where we can make the greatest contribution. And we will have to stay mentally alert and engaged during a 50-year working life, which means knowing how and when to change the work we do (Drucker, 1999, p. 66). Drucker advocates periodic review of career satisfaction and career goals simply as a mechanism for remaining engaged by and interested in one's work, as well as openness to new courses of study, if a new kind of career is contemplated. In particular, he advocates soliciting feedback from others to get a sense of how one's strengths and weaknesses are perceived, with a view toward possible reevaluation and redirection of career and life choices. This can take place, in Drucker's view, over the course of a lifetime and need not be limited to the traditional working years. It can last through the retirement years as well. Drucker's line of argument is consistent with human-development psychological theory, which asserts that human nature shapes an
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