https://RationalAmerica.com/tags/career-strategy/Recent content in Career Strategy on Rational AmericaHugoen-usWed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://RationalAmerica.com/posts/never-pick-a-career-based-on-todays-hiring-trends/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://RationalAmerica.com/posts/never-pick-a-career-based-on-todays-hiring-trends/<h2 id="stop-letting-the-market-read-your-future-for-you">Stop Letting the Market Read Your Future for You</h2> <p>The average person between 25 and 34 holds a job for roughly 2.8 years, according to the <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/tenure.nr0.htm">latest Bureau of Labor Statistics tenure data</a>. In other words, whatever skill you master today needs to be worth something to someone else at least a couple of times before you&rsquo;re 40.</p> <p>But most people choose their careers the way they choose a pair of shoes. They glance at what everyone else is wearing, they try it on for an afternoon, and they&rsquo;re shocked when it&rsquo;s painful to walk in by mile six. Look, the labor market does not reward what is hot. It rewards what is scarce <em>and</em> durable. Those two words rarely travel together.</p>