PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER

Personal Development and Career



Personal Development and Career

Introduction

The paper is a reflection on the choice of career with respect to the barriers to job and skill gap; it discusses the importance of the competency in the professional development and choice of career in relation to the personal skills.

Barriers to job

One of the most significant barriers to the job is the large potential workforce presence but less job opportunism due to the economic turmoil. In this case, the survival of the fittest rule applies. The companies are hiring individuals with exceptional skills who can manage stress and work load and are probe to changes and professional development. On the other hand, Gender difference prevails in the society since the earliest time of human history. Although it has been eliminated from UK, but some crust remains in the society in terms of indirect ways. Wage disparity is one of them, and it has always been a controversial topic for everyone. According to a research women earn 44% less than a man during the term period from1983-2000. Currently it is being noticed that gap is decreasing marginally up to 21%. The radical differentiation is due to opting factor for working patterns, industries and occupations in genders. Lack of confidence in the job can cause some young people abnormal behaviour that may affect their lives. In addition, national policies to promote employment in place in some countries are slow to be translated into action and results (Yagan, 2001, 72). The creation of quality jobs in sufficient numbers to support the growth and development is a major challenge for the world. As a result, of mass layoffs and hiring slowdown caused by the financial crisis of 2007-2009, the unemployment, underemployment and everyday work have gained ground. For the past, nearly two years, unemployment reached record levels in many advanced countries, without any signs no signs of an upcoming recession. The economic shock has hit employment in export sectors emerging, and developing countries but the situation is improving in partly because exporters have diversified their markets to be less dependent on advanced countries (Updegraff, 2004, 3). However, the crisis has also hit the broad area of the informal economy in the developing world. Informal employment has increased and, wants to earn enough life, more and more workers and workers not unable to lift themselves and their families above the poverty line. The aftermath of the depression of the labour market could be felt for a long time, a lifetime even if we take the case of young workers fail to get their first job. In all countries, leaders from politics, civil society, business and the world of work require solutions to the risk of a sluggish recovery without job creation. And they want to know that recovery can turn into a strong, sustainable and balanced (Updegraff, 2004, 4). This is the challenge that led the IMF and the ILO to work together to raise dynamic reflection of how international cooperation, and innovation policy ...