Have a flexible plan
Some planning is necessary, rather than simply drifting. But any
plan must be flexible.
Jobs change, your interests change, opportunities
arise you would never have dreamt of. The best approach is to ensure
that you know what the implications are of each choice you make,
as far as you can establish them, but to keep your eyes open for
potential changes.
Uncertainty about the future
The future demand in some occupations and industries is relatively
easy to determine. You can see the government’s best estimates
by going to www.jobsearch.gov.au/joboutlook.
But as everyone now says, the world of work changes so fast that
perhaps the job you will have in five years from now, let alone
ten years, doesn’t even exist yet. And existing jobs or occupations
might have changed in a major way over that time. No one graduating
from university 25 years ago could have imagined the huge range
of jobs in IT that have appeared since the arrival of the internet.
 
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