Estamos fazendo as perguntas erradas após um revés na carreira? | Margaret Weniger | TEDxAtlanta

Reveses na carreira, como demissões e mudanças inesperadas, costumam ser vistos como fracasso pessoal, embora sejam mais comuns do que muitos imaginam. Margaret Weniger, diretora do Startup Launch no CREATE-X da Georgia Tech e autora de "Broken", relata sua experiência após 12 anos em vendas de tecnologia, quando foi demitida e dispensada várias vezes. Com base em centenas de entrevistas, ela questiona a ideia de que uma carreira bem-sucedida segue um caminho previsível.

• Por que as interrupções na carreira são mais comuns do que se imagina
• Pesquisa baseada em centenas de entrevistas com profissionais
• Questionamento da ideia de um percurso profissional previsível

You worked hard. Followed the advice. Then your career took a turn you never planned. Margaret Weniger went looking for what she’d done wrong. Hundreds of interviews later, she began to question the question itself. Margaret Weniger is challenging one of our most persistent ideas about work: that a successful career follows a predictable path. After 12 years climbing the technology sales ladder, Margaret began studying what happens when carefully made career plans collide with layoffs, changing priorities and unexpected turns. Her research with professionals revealed that career disruption was far less unusual than we’ve been taught to believe. Her own experience gave the question particular urgency: Behind a résumé that looked successful, Margaret had been fired and laid off multiple times. Today, Margaret is director of Startup Launch at Georgia Tech’s CREATE-X, where she helps founders navigate uncertainty and build companies. She is also the author of “Broken: Designing Careers in a Flawed and Outdated System.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx