Would you like to change your job? Then now is the right time, because more and more people are working in less rigid office structures. We show you the current trends on the job market and explain which steps are important for a new beginning.
For many people, the right balance between private life and work is becoming increasingly important. They want to find fulfillment in what they do and be able to thrive in their professional field. Would you like to know what trends are currently affecting the world of work and how you can best start your new beginning? We’ll tell you.
New trends in the world of work
Some work trends are becoming a basic requirement for companies to retain employees or attract new colleagues with promising conditions. It’s not just where we work that is more important – how much time we spend in our job and what benefits that brings is also relevant. Here are some of the new work trends:
“Reskilling” – further training on an individual basis
People should be able to continue their education and growth – and gain new experiences for a possible salary increase or a higher career level. Many employers offer their employees seminars and training to make this possible. The idea: to link further training opportunities to existing skills and thus generate advantages for the employee and the company.
Less working hours
New working time models are in vogue. For example, the frequently discussed 4-day week, which is supposed to lead to less stress among employees and more free time. This should make employees happier and improve the workload. Working fewer hours per day is also often suggested. For example, with the 5-hour rule – per day. The thought: People would not be able to concentrate for eight hours a day, which would lead to unproductive working methods.
flexibility
Home office or remote work or hybrid work – i.e. working at home or remotely; or a mix of home office and office work in the “hybrid work” variant. The advantages are many. For example, for many people, family life is more compatible with working at home – working hours that are lost during the day with the family at home can sometimes be made up in the evening. However, there are also disadvantages to working from home when sick.
Companies notice what people want
Not all of the work trends mentioned can be implemented in every area. For example, the home office if you work in sales in a supermarket or textile store. However, a rethink is still taking place in order to better adapt working conditions to people. Last year, Stepstone surveyed 3,000 people at management level about new work trends. The result: 42 percent placed the greatest focus on the further development of “hybrid and remote work”. 34 percent mentioned “People First” and “Mental Health & Well-being” – and 33 percent “Work Engagement & Retention”. The points “sustainability”, “environmental, social and corporate governance” as well as “diversity”, “fairness” and “inclusion” followed in fourth and fifth place with 31 percent each.
Figure out what you want to do
- Get to the heart of your goals: How would you like to live in 20 or 30 years? What restrictions do you have at your current job – what are your wishes for your professional future? Write down everything that comes to mind, no matter how small some points may seem. First of all: collect. Find out what freedom you need in your everyday working life and where you want to further your education or strengthen your skills.
Then try to filter out the five most important goals. What will take you longer and what can be implemented quickly? - Don’t give fears a chance: Some goals may seem unrealistic, like you can’t accomplish them. Most of the time this has nothing to do with your own abilities, but rather with your own mindset or self-worth. Imagine how you can achieve this goal. What steps do you have to take? Some of these can be anxiety-inducing, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do them. Don’t let internal blockages stop you.
- Use your network: You don’t just have to comb through job advertisements. Do you know people who work in an area that interests you? Then ask whether there are any open positions in the company. Maybe they can put you in touch. Our personal network is often more promising than we think.
- To jump into the cold water: What we know seems safe to us. But if it doesn’t make us happy and our gut feeling is trying to tell us it’s not the right thing to do, we should listen to it. We grow from new experiences. And it can’t go any further than wrong; If that happens, we’ll just try somewhere else.
Sources used: ihk-muenchen.de, factro.de, thestepstonegroup.com, “Now butter the fish – the self-coaching program for your professional reorientation”