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Riding the Riding the Change WaveChange Wave

How Rapid Change is Impacting How Rapid Change is Impacting the 21the 21stst Century Worker Century Worker

GinaMaria JeromeGinaMaria Jerome

The Corporation Communication CoachThe Corporation Communication Coach

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So Who Are You?So Who Are You?

And why are you talking to us?And why are you talking to us?

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The Impact of Change on Technology

Information is doubling every 2 years

To reach an audience of 50 million: Radio: 38 yearsTV: 13 yearsInternet: 4 yearsiPOD: 3 yearsFacebook: 2 years

Video: Did You Know

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The Impact of Technology

Google searches in 2006: 2.7 billion a monthGoogle searches in 2009: 31 billion a month

Total number of text messages sent each day exceeds the population of the planet

165 billion emails are sent each day

Video: Did You Know, CBS.com

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The Impact of Change on Technology

1984 there were 1000 internet devices2008 there were over 1,000,000,000

2/3 of workers access a social networking site... while on the job

From 2008 to 2009, number of hiring managers using social networking websites to screen job applicants jumped from 22% to 45%

52 million Americans have used the Internet to search for a job (2007)Video: Did You Know, Career Builder.com, Pew Study

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The Impact of Change on Technology

There are over 4.6 billion cell phone subscribers

1 in 4 households have no landline, only cell service

Over 9 million iPhones sold in Q1 2010Over 8.25 million iPADs by Q3

By 2011, 1 in 2 Americans will have a smart phone

Did You Know, CBS.com, NPR, and Fortune

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The Impact to the Workplace

1 in 4 workers has been at their current job less than 1 year

1 in 2 has been at their job more than 5 years

People in high school today will probably have 10-14 jobs... before the age of 38

Top Ten in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004

Video: Did You Know

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The Impact to the Workplace

SHRM Commissioned Study

* Going global* More contingent workers* Greater fluctuations – more automations* Strong focus on soft skills* More diversity

“…survey respondents expect employees to work longer hours, retire at an older age, and experience greater personal and family stress due to work…. unsurprising, 57% of respondents expect there to be less loyalty to the organisation, while only 20% anticipate greater loyalty.”

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And yet....

Change is everywhere....

Fear of change is rampant...

So how do we create sustainability?

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Three Ways to Start

Adaptability

Transference

Emotional Elements

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Adaptability

Agile learning:What have I learned since yesterday? What am I working on today? What obstacles are in front of me?

Soft skills:Communication Interpersonal relationshipsProject managementProblem solvingDiversity

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Transference

Transferable skillsSoft skillsLeadership OrganizationConflict Management (especially between permanent and contingent workers)Research capabilityDay to day

Technological Skills“Successful global companies will use technology to interconnect large workforces smartly.”

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Emotional Elements

Emotion vs. Rationalization

Motivational keys to change:Carrot and StickEnvironmentalLanguage

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Questions?

GinaMaria JeromeGinaMaria Jerome

The Corporate Communication CoachThe Corporate Communication Coach

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Jacksonville, FL 32256Jacksonville, FL 32256

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