| Summary: | Unwelcome job changes or termination notices are unquestionably stressful, but they can also awaken people to intriguing new career and self-actualization possibilities. Such upheavals have become commonplace in American society as organizations continually eliminate nonproductive functions and reassess, reshuffle, and retrain staff. The structural changes of the past several decades have transformed the world from a corporation-centered and manufacturing-based order to a predominantly service-based, technology and information-driven system. In this setting, self-development and self-knowledge are essential to career/life planning. Assistance from career counselors is also crucial. The article contrasts career development paths in the Mass Production Era and the Knowledge-Service Era.
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