Modern technology has led to fewer jobs in many industries, even though prospects for employment may have improved. Where ten unskilled people used to do a job, today the same work may require three highly skilled people plus expensive machinery. In the past it may have been easy to find any number of unskilled people. Today it is often more difficult for employers to find appropriately skilled people. If you get the right skills, your job may pay better and be more secure.
Few people stay in the same job all of their working life.
Career moves are most likely to be successful if they are planned and properly prepared for. Be prepared to take opportunities when they arise, and always view your career from a broad perspective. You should see each job as a stepping stone to the next, and sometimes it may be important to take jobs which you are not as happy about in order to get to other jobs which you particularly want. The Australian Correspondence Schools has developed a Careers Booklet. This can be purchased through our mail order bookshop.