Friday, March 18, 2016

Job Security

This is something that I know virtually nothing about. I have no serious work experience in my field of study and I have not taken on any jobs which needed security. But here are a few things that I do know after a brief google search and a bit of thought:

There are at least two ways to interpret job security:
1. Having a stable position, one in which the holder feels no anxiety but rather assurance concerning the continuity of gainful employment
2. Feeling safety in the place of work regardless of presented circumstances

The first is what I thought of first when reading the words 'job security' but I can clearly understand how the second comes about. This website will even teach you how to live without the definitive grasp on a secure job. I don't recommend accepting to live without a secure job if responsibilities require you to have one, however what is set forth is a decent mitigation strategy.

The nuclear industry in particular is subject to worker discussion of job security - engineers and scientists want to be sure that their sources of funding will not run dry and that employers have need for their valuable skills and won't put them out of work. I'm sure that if whoever is reading this is in my position or a similar one, then they should follow the following advice:

- Make education an ongoing part of your life and career so that employers continue to see evolving skillsets and character
- Create a workplace in which your peers and superiors can trust you with valuable duties and information
- Display a visible ''brand" of your own which defines who you are and what values shape your actions - maintain this brand with consistency and poise

References
http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/safety-security-workplace-3200.html
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/job-security.html
http://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/how-to-achieve-true-job-security.html

1 comment:

  1. I fully agree with the idea that we need to be lifelong learners in order to have job security. People think that they can just get out of college and be done learning and keep their job forever, but this breeds resistance to the changing world and technology. Those people fear that new technologies will make them irrelevant. And they SHOULD fear that, because that is exactly what will happen if they do not commit to lifelong learning.

    Unless we are flexible in acquiring new skills with changing technology, we will be destined for job insecurity.

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