Other predicted workforce characteristics to consider“What are some of the defining characteristics of the future workforce a decade from now and beyond?” It is abundantly obvious that the needs of the workforce of the future will be radically different from those of today. The future work and workforce environment presents numerous obstacles and challenges that must be addressed. Reconsidering and embracing a new approach has become imperative. As external environmental factors are having increasing effects and are largely out of our control, both organizations employing and job seekers (and others associated with workforce activities) are developing new strategic approaches to the workforce or career planning whose strategies must be aware that these Such issues highlight the need to embrace job search efforts with tools that facilitate:In preparing for future workforce situations, it is expected that the employing organization and job seekers will be looking for workforce employees with some of the following characteristics.Both employing organizations and individuals must be prepared for upcoming changes or funds their success is limited. For businesses, globalization and a rapidly evolving workforce are redefining the way we think about competence, creativity, productivity and the structuring of organizations. it's virtually impossible for the CEO to find the future skills he or she will 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 with the ability to constantly reinvent themselves. The future of the occupational organization W...... middle of paper ......external environmental factors. In a global and complex environment, reflections on these navigation processes and their outcomes are interconnected and must be aligned at all points that we can define and manage. As a future goal and set of available options, this alternative is no longer rational and, certainly, not productive. In the future, employing organizations will face a wide range of issues and challenges in meeting the needs of their workforce. These periods of difficulty will generally focus on the effects of external environmental influences on the organization and how it handles ongoing problems. Many of these external factors filter and influence an organization's roles and responsibilities in terms of talent shortage, changing products or services, changing demographic composition and consumer preferences, etc...