Carol Hymowitz
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52 appearances
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first heard Feb 2023
last heard Feb 2023
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but certainly to keep up with technology.
And many employees are going to want to start second or third careers, and that will require returning to school for training and maybe even a new degree.
That need for that balance is going to become even more pronounced because as careers lengthen and our lives lengthen, our priorities change over that course.
People will also face conflicting demands.
Already, a lot of young and middle-aged adults
are taking on caregiving responsibilities for older parents at the same time that they're caring for young children.
There's a startling statistic which surprised me.
Among 48 million Americans who currently provide unpaid care to elders or disabled relatives, more than 40% are 18 to 49 years old.
So you have conflicting demands of work and personal life.
Most companies haven't yet planned for ways for employees to stay productive and creative over lengthy careers.
Few of them have flexible routes in and out of the workplace or glide paths toward retirement that enable older workers to work longer but at reduced hours.
Less than 10% of Fortune 500 companies have a reentry program for employees who've taken off career breaks for family caregiving or other reasons, according to research by iRelaunch, a Miami area firm that encourages employers to establish these kinds of programs.
But I think employers are going to have to start catching up to what their employees are going to be asking for.
It is.
And I think you have to take the attitude of you cannot plan for entirely for a 60-year career.
You have to understand that you have a long stretch ahead of you in the workplace.
But too many things in our personal lives, the economy, the workplace are going to change.
Nobody has a crystal ball looking out that far.
What's important is finding jobs that give you satisfaction and challenges that keep you growing and work environments that are enjoyable.
In the past, when
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