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Expectations are always
high. One of Abraham Lincoln’s letters goes like this :
“Let Him Have The Courage
To Be Impatient, Let Him Have The Patience To Be Brave.”
In changing times, especially
in the IT realm surrounded by gadgets and flooded with apps [to the point that
alert about rogue apps are being circulated], the
millennial and iGen just can’t be restrained by patience. They are
already pampered with the luxury of living that one hears the lament of
‘I want it and I want it now.” Cost isn’t the criterion; it’s the catch –
what’s new and exciting. Inventive and innovative. It’s the desire to stand
alone by owning either that’s something new to the market or that has something
better than existing. The glint of pride lies in the possession. Try with a kid
and it could be anything from a tablet or the latest game to greet the market.
One wonders the psyche of long queue to get hold the new gadget. People lining
up for apple’s products are legendary. Their needs long met, kids
are screaming about wants.
The adults fare no better.
Oversupply and undervalue
The market is skewed when it comes to skilled
professionals. We have an oversupply and hence undervalue, which is inevitable.
The Asian sub-continent is known to roll out hundreds of thousands of engineers
and yet recruiters are finding it a hard time in zeroing on the ‘right’
candidate. Why? Those who line up for openings somehow fails to measure up to
the expectation. In the milieu that’s driving professional mad with its
demands and infinite possibilities NEEDS no longer suffice. It’s the WANTS.
For instance, how many certified PMP®s are
available to be engaged in typical waterfall methodology? It may not be
surplus, but let’s say, sufficient enough or barely adequate. Alright,
assuming the same professional is expected to work in an agile environment, and
the norm is to possess a PMI-ACP® certification, now check your human capital
that holds these two certifications? What’s the count? Professionals holding a
dual certification of PMP® and PMI-ACP® are much less in numbers that
recruiters would have to really look into the talent bucket to scrounge and
scrape. What’s now a ‘good to have’ in your resume will become a mandate as
‘must have’. So brace yourself, as times ahead aren’t going to be
any easier.
Get certifications, get higher salaries
Globally renowned and
internationally acclaimed certification, especially in niche technologies like social, mobile, analytics, cloud including big data
and internet of things, is a clear recognition of
acquired skill, and when they address the mission critical initiatives , then their ‘ worthiness’ will
soar for sure, commanding attractive compensation. It’s becoming passé to
excel in a particular field or specific area of
interest. Professionals these days are expected to be more fluid, without
bracketing into a particular bucket, but to meet ever changing and evolving
needs. They need to be flexible enough to accommodate as many tasks as possible - is the minimum expectation. In how many possible ways can I use the same resource to increase
the ROI - yes, multitasking and that translates as 'monetising'. You are an asset and there is substantial investment. And as an
investor, it’s only fair to expect an enhanced return on investment. Here
again, the need is replaced with want.
Let’s accept that not
everyone becomes an entrepreneur. Segment the society and sift the populace and
find out how many families run on salary as bread-winning source. Most remain
salaried. So your job matters. Disruption in technology is understandable but
automation is not only perceived as a mere threat of disturbance but uprooting your livelihood .
Why is that threat real?
Because the same skills don’t serve all time always. Like system upgrade, human
capital too should reboot and reinvent.
When one need is met,
another arises. Redefining Maslow in the present, would it be off the target to
postulate when one want is met, one more emerges.
Needs and wants intertwine.
But wants outshine.
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