Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper: The best career path isn't always a straight line | TED
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- Conventional wisdom frames the ideal career path as a linear one -- a ladder to be climbed with a single-minded focus to get to the top. Career development consultants Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper invite you to replace this outdated and limiting model with "squiggly" careers: dynamic, open-ended growth paths tailor-made for your individual needs, talents and ambitions. A radical rethink for anyone who feels restricted and defined by the limits of the corporate ladder.
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At the age of 40, I am still exploring possibilities, personal interest and aspirations
There’s a lot to explore. Not being pigeonholed is a definite advantage 👍
I'm in my early 20s but I feel this pressure of not knowing what I want to do. What if I don't find it? Will I ever let go of that pressure?
@@ritvishetty8346 you will eventually. 20s is the most disorienting period of a person that makes it the most memorable. Wish you all the best
@@ritvishetty8346 You need to explore your skills and abilities. Only then will you have a better picture.
I feel the same way. I'm 40, too, but still exploring my career and interest even though I have a very stable job. I feel like it's my 2nd twenty.
I always thought that the pressure to choose a major and to have a stable job one of the most unfair things in our days.
Experiences help a lot. Having a chance to learn from different jobs and careers gives you a chance to see things from different perspectives and also culminate a set of skills that make you unique in any workplace
@Smart Control Lab yeah"you can go your way!!!!"
Also having a place of openness free of judgement allows that self expression to grow unhinged
"In career ladders, our identities can become about the titles that we've held rather than the talents we have." ~ Sarah Ellis
omg this is what scares me the most. just got a new places new opportunities next month. soo anxious!
I agree. That's relevant till now sir
Please yes. We need to abandon the ladder and embrace the squiggle. Live different lives do different things, variety is the spice of life after all.
I think resiliency is one of the most important qualities in a person, especially when they learn the true value of their mistakes and learn to embrace them for the hidden opportunities that they hold. They can be building blocks or they can be the thing the weighs you down, but the bearer ultimately decides what to make of them.
Couldn't agree more. In today's day and age - especially the way the world works, resilience is more than essential. It is an absolutely necessary "life skill".
*To have a squiggly career, first, we have to create a ecosystem, where employers encourage employees and there are no hurdles for employees to pursue what they want.*
I find advices like these intriguing but impractical.
In a world where even having good experience doesn't guarantee that you can find a better opportunity in that same field let alone exploring an opportunity in an altogether different field, Ideas like these does more harm than any good.
I'm trying to find a new opportunity since more than a year now but haven't found anything yet be it in the same field or different.
Ideas like these sounds really good but for everyone it's just simply not possible for reasons beyond their control
Yeah, I agree with you. The theory is excellent, but it's not something feasible for most people. I am a chemist, with some experience in biology. I wanted to change just a little my study field, and applied for PhD positions in the interface between chemistry and biology for more than a year. They always say they want someone more specialist in the exact field... After all this time, I'm giving up to change, and just accepting that I have to work with chemistry, period.
@@arallech True
As a recent graduate and also someone who is unemployed I am coming to the full realization of this squiggly line theory yall have. I played it safe, I worked hard, I saved and did everything I could to avoid coming to this part in life yet I am here. I do like how yall worded it though - it is full of uncertainty and possibility. I feel more roughed up these days but today I feel optimistic!
Totally agree. I will graduate by the end of 2021. Even though I'm living in a context of uncertainty and possbility due to the nonexistant chance of being hired to the intern position I'm currently working in, this squigglyness gives me mixed feeling. It's fascinanting thinking about pursuing different interests and possibilities every now and then... but it's really scary to see myself in the position where uncertanty is the only possible context by now. All this elevates my state of preocupation, wich increases ten fold everytime I realize that my country will suffer because of bad decisions made by politicians around here durind the pandemic.
"Come as you are,do what you love." Loved this 💜
Brilliant brilliant Ted Talk. Agree totally that squiggly is the way forward.
Let's ask a question, "what possibility career I'm curious about?" Instead what job comes next?
Oh my God....i'm just wrting in full sadness about how come I'm breaking through in my pursuit of ART ...I hope this is a message from God to let me know to not worry ..cuz I've been crying
i literally feel exactly the same, you are not alone and neither am i.
I feel the same way, I'm so worried about my future in arts.
what do you do?
Belive in yourself
@@MultiNAME69 I make digital art mainly , I used to work on children books and now I wanna make character designs and sell them on deviantart
This is a TED Talk that I need to save and listen to on any day I have that's bad! Excellent TED Talk!!!
I was just crying about what to choose between the 4 subjects I love.
U could choose only one?
Maybe you feel pressured to stick to one subject. However, there’s no need to stick to one. Although it is helpful to focus on one for a short period of time; you should never limit yourself to one area of study or interest.
@@MrRinre yes. I have to choose between fashion designing, textile design,media studies and Communication Design. I love creative subjects in which I can show my abilities and explore my love of ‘creating arts’. Currently I am in my last year of college or High school.
@@flamme_eternelle333 thank you for showing your support. It means alot to me. I do want to explore alot of things bit by bit. Whenever I tell this to anyone, they say that ‘you are confused’, ‘you don’t know what you want in live’ or ‘you can’t do all at once’.
@@user-kg4fx4tt3t since you love all 4, it's easier to choose. You can use the following criterions-
Either, choose the subject that offers the best career path/income.
Or, choose the one that will benefit the most from further Uni study/research.
Or, if you have a particular college/institute in mind, choose which of the 4 programs that college is known for.
Noting is off the table, love this so much!!!
How simple and beautiful this is!
It questions our race for stability!
I love the talk and this mindset, similar thoughts found in planned happenstance careers theory, chaos theory of careers and some Harvard Dark Horse project themes as well. Can't wait to read this book!
Never choose the easiest path that will no longer be available . believe in yourself and hard work will definitely success touch your foot.
Yes, I love this idea!! This is why I love being in the medical field; you can go up, down, side to side, etc. It's extremely versatile and you never run out of new things to learn 😍
That is, if you make it there. It is extremely difficult. I just applied, but I don't think i will make it in
@@l5mtf393 You can do it, I believe in you! There's more than one way to get your medical education. You can become a registered nurse's assistant after only a few weeks of training, often for a low cost or even free! You can go to trade school, community college, online school, etc. You can even start at an entry-level job in a hospital or smaller practice and work your way up over time, the experience is good and you can get paid to be trained :)
Absolutely love this!
I can’t count the number of times I kept screaming, “yes! talk to me!” a lot of people need to hear this because not only does it describe the progression of some of our lives but it’s very insightful.
Love this! Inspiring!
I already bought this book and can't wait to start reading it! Great Ted Talk!
Thank you guys ❤
In this changed world day by day, self studying and learn to each other always the best way to reach success
Thank you.
The coordination 👌
Thanks I needed this!
Insightful
Awesome you two look stunning 💙🦋🌻👋🤎🦋🦋❤️
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” Have a good day everyone
I am nervous about my past result but today i see this video and i feel energetic so, i will stand day by day💪 thank you ted talks
Same 🙂
@@palindrome4737 🙂 never give up🥰
Got your Purpose of life is success
Such a wonderful advise not to stuck in the norm of what we so called "Ladder of success". Let's explore our hidden skills/potentials. Have courage and believe that we can. :)
Finally a TED Speech to refer my career :)
Usefully
Thank you 🙏 for your wonderful insight!, i have definitely exhibited the squiggly career and left my ladder 🪜 career after almost 13 1/2 years with the company , as there truly was no other way to “move up” unless i went into management. With that said, as a “topped off” cheese 🧀 specialist, after failing the management exam, decided to jump off the ladder. I went back into the restaurant business & am swimming like a salmon upstream. With that said, will keep the faith & am hopeful of having the opportunity to jump through a few hoops , in this journey. Thank you again, ladies❣️, you’re very inspiring 💯%
I studied high school mathematics, sold feature phones, studied chartered accounting and went to look for a job in marketing, ended up working in tourism, worked in digital marketing, worked in tourism again finished my degree and now learning Python. :-D
Yes to Squiggly!!
yes! yes! yes! I actually just quit my career as a designer to explore marketing. I'm so excited and nervous but I'm ready. I needed this video to give me courage. I'm happy I'm not alone.
Awesome 😎
I know I am a common man, and I like the line career path. Because I believe work is boring and after I go back home from the office, my hobby is actually my goal to pursue.
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DJs and I will do the work of it was not 🚭 you have a way to do it today or you will get it at all of us 👍👍👍
Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance,
You must keep moving.
--> I appreciate it
This is reality 👍👍👍
encouraging 😁
Maybe I'm an outlier, but when I ask the "where do you see yourself in 5 years" question, I don't care if the answer includes a promotion or a management position. I'm just looking for an answer that shows the person has put some thought into the question, knows what they want, and isn't just looking for a paycheck until they find a better fitting opportunity.
"YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY"
What about light moves faster then 3x10^8 meters\sec in plasma
They are talking to the camera, we are the audience! 👨👩👧👧
I disagreee. Right now only the ladders doing 9-5 are getting paid good money (enough money) to have a decent life. We the squigglies are doing shifts with more hours and better qualification and barelly having enough to pay for a flat or getting food to eat.
I believe these speaker (one even worked at that small company Microsoft) had always had a couching to fall into while the rest us do not have the luxury of failing.
So what is this video about? Just to tell the viewers that careers are squigly lines? I'm trying my hardest to break into a new career and nothing is working. I'm willing to try something new if it's out there.
barsaursnoirs!
Is this a repost?
What about money??
You can have a squiggly career when you reach a point of financial security.
Before that, you have to work your way up the career ladder like everyone else.
Its not about the job titles... its about the money!
They gave an example on how within an organisation people weren't locked within barriers on what they can do and learn but given the responsibility to learn from and with each other. Not sure how promotions would work in that case.
Im looking for a job, I have a squigly career path , if any of you have an offer I'm open to it
Let’s make a Ted talk about the direction the job market has been changing since the 80’s. I love the enthusiasm, but it’s just pointing out the obvious, and not some form of enlightenment. Anything to make a buck I guess. I need to give a Ted talk on how much business is being conducted using nothing but a simple hand held device. It’s amazing, can’t believe no one sees this. Joking.
nouvellepianoblanc!
I just finished my bachelors degree I mechanical engineering. What should I do family of TedTalks?
Hmmm... you studied very hard with complex math problems. This TED Talk would recommend you to go on and teach art for a couple years, then be a waiter at a high end seafood restaurant, then go into marketing and advertise for Ford Motor Company. But hey, at least you'll be the teacher AND the student LOL!!
@@musclee-mac8768 hahaha
thewiggles!
I think my carrer path is basically a cliff.
Confidence
If at first you don't succeed, it sucks Indeed.
Noone likes a quitter. Been 3 decades, still knitting that sweater 😃
chaos is a ladder
What about specialization? It's necessary to turn to your subject matter experts who have been doing the job for decades. You can't have this with a squiggly career path. If everyone has a squiggly career path, no one is an expert at anything. Jack of all trades, master at nothing
This is really important point
Always that one person talking in extremes just learn from the damn video and add to your perspective.
@@thegreat9481 You never answered my question
SMEs can move into learning and developing in organizations...develop and teach training programs
2️⃣octobre2023!
How they do to talk like if there was a crowd infront of them?!
yeah, this is fantastic, and either you get it or the job market gets you to know it. Speak with a young and ask him about how many jobs they have done and listen to the answers, tens. Not because they want a squiggly career, but because they have been forced to get that. I'm an advocate of squiggly career, skills, abilities that you could have are countless rather than a standard career. However, as long as universities prepare students to ladder companies, there won't be any changes. Here, in Italy, we are locked even at a step behind, universities don't prepare a student for anything. when you've finished the university know quite zero about job and tons about theoretical concepts. Therefore, first universities must catch up to what's going on in the real world and then start preparing students for it. It's not to leave off responsibility from our shoulders, it's just to point out this huge matter that comes before.
i don't know why i am watching this, i am a nearly 40 year old highschool dropout who works as a produce clerk, i don't think i would know a career if it slapped me in the face.
1️⃣eroctobre2023!
Did anyone catch the name of their book?? 🧏🏽♀️
The squiggly career I believe
This is really good but also really doesn't work in developing & emerging economies
if progression purely means promotion, we miss out on many opportunities that are all around us.👍
reward people
There is no specific solution.
I will believe this if there was something like universal basic income, where you can abandond your job and know that you will have something to eat next day. I did engineering studies with an specilization in the nuclear field but never got a change to work on the field (no, I was not bad, actually people of my university with worse academic degree got the change). After almost 2 years jobless I got an oportunity to do a PhD in a totally diferent field, I did it because it was related to nuclear waste (at that moment it was my passion to work in something related to the nuclear world), and now it seems impossible to go out from the field. I have tried during one year and so far, It has not work. In general companies and research institutions want somebody who has done the job already, otherwise they will give you only the oportunity if there is nobody or if they know you from drinking a beer. It is sad. If they do not hire people with experience, how will get people experience?
They want you to be an unpaid intern so basic income would be imperative
This will become more important as time goes on, especially with AI and machine learning
"Squiggly" = Reality.
What exactly qualifies these two to give career advice???
They've had careers? What qualifies a career advisor at a school or university to give career advice?
@@adamrobc even a garbage man has a career. I wouldn’t take advice from a garbage man. Or should I say garbage person?
I sense some misogyny here
@@grln930 projecting
@@Samtagri One day without him and you will be rolling in your own filth.
That's stupid, the career ladder is not actually a ladder it looks like one but the truth is that we as humans need hierarchies in order to organize ourselves. If you look at it from one dimension it looks like a ladder. If you look at it from 2 dimensions it is a triangle, a hierarchy, because this is how we organize as humans always. The ladder is a myth that people with narrow vision of the organization hierarchy have created.
The ladder is based on hierarchy
Firstly
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If I had a million bucks I'd quit my job Because it Sucks!
If I was a Millionaire I'd leave this place and go somewhere.
You don't need a million dollars to quit a job, nor finding a better one.
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More like rock climbing you can go up, down, side to side not a ladder😂
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Doesn't it look much interesting because they hadn't a good conversation skills & looks like they are speaking what they have learned like a student learning his syllabus just to gain marks.. nothing there was creative about.. They should work in speaking expertise , by the way material was good
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The best career path is to get a job then keep it and live a good life.
nope
Lol
not really. It doesn‘t work like that in life.
like a "use for everyone slave"
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