Probaby Missed Window on Raising Chickens, Too - No Employment-Secure Sectors as Tech, Consulting, and More Implode

"Earlier this year: Damn, big tech is sinking. Go back to consulting Now: Damn, consulting doesn’t seem that great either. Time to switch to industry Later: woah, federal government? Later : Raise cows" - Fishbowl Consulting, April 20, 2023

 

In addition, things no longer look so hot in creating a chicken farm for eggs. MSN reports that egg prices have finally "cracked." For too long a dozen of those delivered the sticker shock of six bucks a dozen or more.

 

One laid-off security professional I have coached had been determined to raise chickens. Among the risks I brought to his attention were the chickens being hit with a disease/attacked by predators - or egg prices returning to normal. Fortunately, he went on to explore other entrepreneurial ventures.

 

But unlike so many traditional careerists that potential chicken farmer might have been on the right track. That is, moving in the direction of starting up his own micro enterprise. More of my clients, even when they still have day jobs, have decided that some kind of hold on income security could come self-employment. For them that umbrella term includes doing gig assignments such as tutoring (which can bill at $50 to $70 hourly), delivering food (big tips), or babysitting (which can go for up to $30 an hour).

 

The elephant in the room during the current trend of massive layoffs in once-stable career paths is that it may not be a blip. The whole game of recruiting, hiring, retaining, promoting, and motivating could be undergoing a fundamental shift. For example, more organizations are integrating AI ChatGPT and its competitors to approach strategy and operations in new ways. Read that "more cost-efficient," as in reducing the expense of manpower. 

Very quickly the news last November about the ChatGPT3 release moved from look-at-this to the rush by organizations to applications. Both establishment media such as Insider and social networks are full of descriptions of introducing generative AI to whatever. Insider itself is using it for its stories. Job search platform Zippia projects that 2030, automation will eliminate 73 million jobs.

 

The old joke that mankind plans but the gods laugh currently has a cruel bite. That's especially in professional services.

 

Lawyers are being cut loose in a glutted job market. They may never land comparable positions.

 

Their careful planning has included getting high grades in the right schools, passing the bar, being hired by a brandname firm, and competing to hold onto those positions, and maybe be voted in as partner. Then poof.

 

It could be a necessary adjustment to the new realities of earning income that we invest less. That could range from advanced education to how we put together our identity. Is the takeaway: Not to take “it” so seriously?

 

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