Parents still take pleasure in asking their children what they would like to become when they grow up. However, the answer to this question today is ever more difficult to give because time has come full circle with regards to career choice and many related concepts and attitudes have simply become irrelevant in recent years with developments not only in the world of work per se but also with the advent of new technologies.

It is a fact thet the line of demarcation between the various domains of different professions is becoming more and more blurred ; There is more interdependence today between engineers and graphic designers than there ever was at a time when scientists and artists fell into different and distinct categories.

Consequently, the great divide between subject domains like science, arts and humanities, commercial studies and technical studies are being bridged with considerable areas of overlapping between them. Academic qualifications have ceased to be ?the be all and the end all?. They are regarded rather as indicators of potential. A college level qualification, for instance, indicates the ability to grapple with the basic concepts of a particular domain. An undergraduate qualification shows a preparedness to tackle more complex levels of choices and problem-solving skills. It is therefore not uncommon to find banks offering jobs which were previously the reserve of holders of accountancy diplomas to science graduates. Even postgraduate studies rarely ?lock? scholars in one field of specialization and the possibilities for multiple specializations are also present, especially with the advent of e-learning.

On the other hand, traditional notions of personality traits like introversion and extroversion, which used to guide some to particular types of jobs, are no longer considered as determinant factors. Today, we work more and more with the machine which is our closest collaborator.

We also work from home and at home, now called the electronic cottage. Face to face meetings with the other members of the team are only periodic. Most of the time, coordination of work is dine through the medium of electronic communication. It is true that management remains the only field where one ?works? with one?s personality and where people make the difference. Besides, at no other time in human history has the world of work been so dynamic and shifting. Experts say that it is becoming practically impossible for anyone to stay in a job longer than a decade.

Techniques and technologies evolve so fast that workers must all time upgrade themselves so as to keep up with the pace of change. Consequently, much more then academic qualifications, what is required is the ability to adapt, to be flexible and ecletic.

These attitudes increase the worker?s employability, not just locally but also on the world market. After all, we are living in a global village and the horizons of the world of work have widened to assume universal dimensions.

Thus, choosing one single career for life is becoming neither plausible nor desirable. In fact, most people will be brought to transit through various carrers in their professional lives.