Meaningful Career

I'm going to climb down off of the HR fence for just a moment and be "pro-employee."

Is it important for an employee to have a meaningful career?

It is estimated that employees may work 11,000+ days over the course of their life. That's over 30 years. To put it in perspective, imagine that employee doing 30 years in prison. If an employee doesn't have a meaningful career, it's like doing "hard time."

As an employer, steps need to be taken to find out what matters most to the employee. Where do they get their passion? Their drive? What gives them the most pleasure and how can that be translated into developing a meaningful career?

Each individual has something that s/he does extremely well at work. As an employer, we need to identify that "talent." We need to encourage it. We need to grow it. We need to find a way to incorporate that "talent" into the business. Both the business and the employee will profit from this talent.

Take the time to know your employees!