The Roadmap to Your Future Is Not in Your Resume

People want to feel they’re doing something meaningful.

If there’s one thing Laura Berman Fortgang has learned in 27 years as a career coach, it’s that people want to have a sense that the work they do is meaningful. If they lack that feeling, they start looking for ways to reinvent themselves. Often, events completely outside a person’s control lead them to reevaluate their careers. When the 9/11 terrorist attacks took place, for example, Fortgang saw a massive influx of new clients. In many ways, the same thing is occurring during the global COVID-19 pandemic: People are rethinking how they want to live and work, but are also considering which industries will survive in the coming years, and which careers might face extinction.

IT may be one of the more secure career paths in the face of ongoing changes in the world of work, but, Fortgang states, continuing to grow your skill set remains extremely important – especially as AI and machine learning continue to expand. Fortgang also notes that the tech realm...