Singapore is a career bellwether for what is happening in much of the developed world. Emphasis on education has led to a workforce weighted toward professionals, managers, and executives. As general demographics have skewed older, so, too, has the labor force. Looming continuously is the specter of job obsolescence. Hard-won techniques, technologies, and even relationship skills can gradually lose their value. People must master new software, different equipment, novel management methods, and even different ways of interacting with others. Traditionally, careers have been stepping-stones
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