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Casey: Please explain the term “mass customization.” How does it apply to careers?
Weisberg: Mass customization comes from the consumer products industry. It refers to giving consumers a limited set of options and allowing them to customize their product using these options. A good example is M & M’s, which can now be customized in many different colors and with personalized messages. |
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Source: Benko, C. & Weisberg, A. (2007). Mass career customization: Aligning the workplace with today's nontraditional workforce. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
Graphic: Copyright, 2007, Deloitte Development LLC.
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Center for Work-Life Policy: Extreme Jobs
By Sylvia Ann Hewlett, President
Center for Work-Life Policy
Joe rose up through the ranks to become a managing director at a major bank. He terms himself an “extreme earner.” Instead of his workload lessening as he climbed the corporate ladder, it got more and more hectic with six to seven days a week becoming the norm. He keeps an apartment in New York for the two days a week he is there and he’s on the road another three to four days. He sees his wife and three children on the weekends when he goes home to Connecticut. Even when he is home, he gets calls in the middle of the night on Saturdays and Sundays and flies out to see clients at a moment’s notice. Does this sound familiar?
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