Arun Gupta, CEO of NobleReach, argues that the pandemic, geopolitical conflict, and rapid tech change have scrambled the traditional career path. Where careers once moved through three phases—learning, earning, returning—people now do all three at once, seeking purpose and meaning in work as stability disappears.
the confluence of change that's happening between the pandemic, as you said, geopolitical conflict, environmental risk, technological change can be very unsettling. And I think when things are stable, people focus on themselves. But when things are changing like this, you reach out to others for stability. And I think that's the world we're in where people want to do something greater than. And so I think that's what we're— people are looking for is like, how do we find meaning now in my work? Originally, we would think about our jobs or our careers across 3 chapters. I'm going to learn for the first third, earn from the middle third, and return, give back in the final years of my life. I think now people want to intertwine those threads. And so the learn, earn, and return are happening simultaneously and people are looking for career pathways.
Leading Innovation in State Government | NobleReach Scholar Melissa Lopez-Barbosa
