Is the Traditional Career Ladder Becoming a Lattice?
For as long as the concept of a career as we know it today has existed, climbing its ladder was treated as a given that came with time and patience. You started in an entry-level role, you stayed loyal, invested X amount of years at a company and over time, through increments and annual reviews, you climbed up rung after rung. But when you speak to early-career professionals today, or even mid-career workers re-evaluating their paths, that model feels increasingly out of step with how careers actually unfold.
Upwards progression is not as structured or guaranteed as it once was, and with this change, the workforce looks laterally and diagonally as well as vertically. This is the modern career lattice. Unlike the ladder, the lattice doesn’t assume upward movement is the only direction that matters.
As we’ll explore, business qualifications like commerce degrees, postgraduate diplomas and MBA programsare playing...
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