Careers

what constitutes a career? used to be that entire lives were spent with one employer - a "company man" was the phrase of the 50s and early 60s - now, we are individual commodities eaking out the best offer for now and constantly looking for the next step. We don't or shouldn't believe that someone isn't angling for our job the moment our business cards are delivered. Everyone looks over their shoulder at the next bright star coming from behind. "You're only as good as your last mistake," tends to be a rule not the exception. So while we're constantly re-inventing ourselves are we truly in a state to give 150 percent to our current roles? or are we too busy looking down the hall at the corner office? Is a career the document that shows are employment trail or is it a set of ideals we maintained throughout our professional jobs? Do I have a career in communications or do I have a career in trying to be a good friend, a trusted co-worker, and ethical behavior? Just some random synapses -