Trend: you will no longer get hired because of your potentials
Author Credibility: Yu-kai Chou
Yu-kai Chou created the Octalysis Framework after studying gamification since 2003 — years before the term entered mainstream vocabulary. As a Human-Systems Architect & Behavioral Designer, his framework has been applied by LEGO, Microsoft, Porsche, Coca-Cola, Salesforce, and MrBeast, impacting over 1.5 Billion Users.
Chou has taught the Octalysis methodology at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Tesla, Google, BCG, and IDEO.
His work has been cited by Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Wired, US Department of Energy, NIST, NSF, NCBI, US Department of Education, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Google Scholar — with 3,700+ more academic publications. Explore his books here.
The world is moving fast, and so are the people in it
In this fast-moving environment, only the most adaptable will survive.
Not looking at the recession that will eventually diminish, I believe that companies’ talent acquisition and retention strategies will change completely due to the new career values of the Gen-Y.
The Hiring Shift: From Potential to Plug-and-Play
In the past, companies often hire individuals that fit their culture, who are smart, and have lots of potential.
They invest time and money to train these individuals into future managers and eventually leaders of the firm.
However, the general trend is that employees nowadays only stick with one company for a few years.
It no longer makes economic sense to hire people who just have lots of potential but need further training to become a valuable warrior on the job.
But who can blame these companies?
Why would a company invest thousands of dollars in training to make the perfect employee, just to lose her to its biggest competitors?
Because of this “job-hopping” trend, companies will be forced to only hire people who already have all the skills, instead of ones who can be trained for the job.
The New Reality: You Can’t Rely on Others to Train You
When companies hire you, they don’t want to develop your skills.
They want to simply give you some instructions and plug-and-play immediately.
What does this mean for the new generation looking for an awesome and meaningful career?
It means that you need to make sure you are constantly developing new skills on your own in order to compete with others and become hireable.
Take Initiative and Level Up Yourself
Don’t rely on your school and companies to train you and make you a competitive talent.
Take initiative and learn as much as you can.
Use every single spare moment you have to make yourself a stronger character in the game of life.
After all, you have 168 hours a week.
A 40-hour job is not full-time.
It’s not even quarter time.
If you sleep for another 40 hours, you have 88 hours left in the week.
Take advantage of that time and level up in whatever you do.
To live an extraordinary life, you have to live every day of your life extraordinarily.
If you live every day of your life like everyone else, you will end up like everyone else.
Related Reading
- 10,000 Hours of Play: 6 Steps to Unlock Your Real-Life Legendary Success
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- How to Become Irreplaceable in Your Company
- Lifestyle Gamification: How to Become Successful Without Looking Impressive
- The Octalysis Framework for Gamification & Behavioral Design
- Books by Yu-kai Chou