Other Projected Workforce Characteristics to Note “What are some of the defining characteristics of the future workforce in a decade and beyond? » It is abundantly clear that tomorrow's workforce needs will be radically different from those of today. The future work and workforce environment presents a number of obstacles and challenges that must be overcome. It has become imperative to reconsider and adopt a new approach. As external environmental factors have increasing effects and are largely beyond our control, employing organizations and job seekers (and others associated with workforce activities) are developing new strategic approaches workforce or career planning strategies whose strategies must take into account that these issues highlight the need to adopt job search efforts with tools that facilitate: By preparing for future Workforce situations, employing organizations and job seekers should look for employees with some of the following characteristics. Employing organizations and individuals must be prepared for the coming changes or fund their limited success. As for businesses, globalization and the rapid evolution of the workforce are redefining our way of conceiving of competence, creativity, productivity and the structuring of organizations. it's virtually impossible for a CEO to find the future skills they'll need because they don't exist yet. Bombarded by change, most organizations simply cannot imagine the functional capabilities needed two or three years from now… CEOs are increasingly focused on finding employees who can constantly reinvent themselves. ......external environmental factors. In a global and complex environment, thoughts about these navigation processes and their outcomes are interdependent and must be aligned on as many points as we can define and manage. As a future goal and a set of available options, such an alternative is no longer rational and, most certainly, unproductive. In the future, organizations that employ them will face a wide range of issues and challenges in meeting their workforce needs. These periods of difficulty will typically focus on the effects of external environmental influences on the organization and how it handles ongoing issues. Many of these external factors filter and influence an organization's roles and responsibilities when it comes to talent shortages, product or service changes, changes in demographic makeup and consumer preferences, etc...