How To Stay Up to Date with an Ever-Changing Career Landscape

Fast paced work environments can be stressful for all kinds of reasons, not least of which is the fact that you rarely get the time to consider your own needs. After a hard day at work, the last thing most people want to think about is how to push their career forwards, let alone developing new skills.

In this blog, we’d like to share some quick tips and tricks for managing an evolving career and always staying one step ahead of the trends. We’ll also be taking a closer look at how to keep up with AI and why the dangers of AI technology might not be as concerning as you think.

Set Up Job-Related Google Alerts

This first tip is a quick and simple one, but if you haven’t done it already, then you should strongly consider setting some job related google alerts on your phone. Google alerts are a great way to stay on top of the latest developments in a specific field.

By using keywords, you can track important articles and stories as they hit the headlines so you’re always up to date with the trends.

Join Online Career Communities

Another great way to keep your finger on the pulse of what’s happening in your industry is to take advantage of social media. There are countless online spaces for every kind of job role you can imagine, where real people share their real stories and experiences.

Not only is this a great way to learn more about what you do and the other people working in your field, but it’s also another place to hear all the latest news about what other people in your industry consider worth sharing.

Block Out a Few ‘Career Hours’ Each Week

A fast paced work environment can really get in the way of any other career related tasks, so it can help to block out an hour or two of your personal time each week for career tasks. That could be searching for better roles in your industry, researching the latest tech developments and how they impact you, or just having a tinker with your CV to better reflect your current skills.

Just a couple of hours a week can really help to maintain an evolving career while staying connected to the changing needs and expectations of the modern workplace.

Don’t Let The News Get You Down

The career landscape changes and, to an extent, there’s nothing you can do about it. Some jobs are automated and others become obsolete. This is always something you’ll have to worry about and keep an eye on, making sure you have backup plans in place.

With that being said, things usually aren’t as bad as they seem. The internet, social media, and news outlets all thrive on engagement and there’s nothing that drives engagement more than strong emotions like anger and fear.

When it comes to AI specifically, while it has and will continue to replace some jobs, it’s easy to get an exaggerated perspective of the current dangers.

If you take a closer look at the jobs AI is replacing you’ll often find that it’s the employers who weren’t willing to pay good money in the first place. Higher value employers who seek to replace people with AI have, time and again, regretted it and been forced to quietly rehire staff, costing the company a lot of money in the long run.

Please know that we’re not trying to sweep the issue of AI in the workplace under the rug. If you’re worried about being replaced then those feelings are valid. All the same, remember that in online spaces, the most extreme stories are often the ones that bubble to the top and, as of yet, employers looking for quality work rarely get what they want out of AI.

Last but not least, while it might feel like there’s a new AI technology coming out every week, it’s worth remembering that these tools first became available around two years ago. During that time there have been many predictions about the roles AI would replace and, as of yet, the majority of those predictions have not come true.

Nobody can tell you what the future of technology or the career landscape in general looks like but plenty of people are always going to try. The best thing you can do is keep an eye on the present and don’t let it get to you too much because, ultimately, it never helps to live in fear of what might happen.