Seriously? What are are you doing to address globalization? 2008 is right around the corner and so is graduation or your next job or both. Chances are, as the world grows increasingly smaller, globalization will play a part in your career - and soon.

And to shake things up a little bit. Forward Podcast 37 will broadcast LIVE from BlogTalkRadio at 7 p.m. GMT / 2 p.m. Eastern / 11 a.m. Pacific on the Forward Podcast Channel. Since it’s live, we’ll be taking your calls at US +1 (646) 716-9941.

Who: Richard Bailey, Robert French, Paull Young, Luke Armour and YOU.
What: Forward Podcast 37 Live
When: Saturday, December 15th 7 p.m. GMT / 2 p.m. Eastern / 11 a.m. Pacific
Where: Forward Podcast channel on BlogTalkRadio

Tentative topics of discussion:

• Learning of languages
• Work experience overseas and in minority communities
• Issues like trade, aid, labor, climate change and religious fundamentalism
• What are you reading and watching?
• Whatever’s on YOUR mind

Don’t miss this special live show. Help us make history by making this the best first live Forward Podcast ever! But on the off chance you do miss it, you can catch the archive on the Forward Podcast Channel archive or through the Forward Podcast RSS feed, which I imagine all of you are subscribed to. Hear you then.

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The 36th Forward Podcast is an interview with Penelope Trunk, author of The Brazen Careerist, Yahoo Finance columnist and popular blogger.

Penelope’s funny and insightful take on the evolving world of work has made her a sought after resource and in this interview we’ve taken the opportunity to make the most of her advice for twentysomethings in the workforce - the precise audience of the Forward Podcast.

Penelope covers a wide range of issues that the new generation of workers will be dealing with on a daily basis. Her no BS approach, sense of humour and hands on experience in the area seperates Penelope’s thoughts from the norm. It’s widely different advice to what you’re likely to hear from your parents, boss or university lecturer - but that’s precisely why it should be helpful.

As always, your thoughts and comments are welcome - we’d love to hear from you in the comments below.

Show Notes

00:14: Your standard ludicrous Forward intro

04:17: The interview with Penelope begins

Topics Discussed on the Podcast

• Opportunities in today’s workforce for young people and the myth of a job leading to happiness – “happiness comes from relationships, not jobs”
• Things young people might be doing wrong, including an over reliance on parents and taking the wrong expectations into the workforce
• Penelope discusses what she has learnt from starting a business alongside a pair of twenty year olds
• Penelope says that young people shouldn’t cater to a boss who doesn’t understand their different perspective and desires
• Young people struggling to adapt to a workforce that is not structured for their skill sets, goals or experience – “People spend their 20’s worrying that any misstep will mean they’ll miss out on the perfect life with a great job, great personal life and fulfilling relationships – the reality is this life doesn’t exist”
• The difficulties in the changes to social/personal life when you enter the workforce – “it leads to conflict when you are from the most socialized generation in history and you enter a workplace which doesn’t have a social life”
• The strengths young people have in working in teams, but the difficulties young people have when they must work as individuals in the workplace – “trying to translate your skill set to work can make young people feel really lonely”
• Penelope outlines the thinking behind her new company and her goal to allow young people’s voices to spread further and increase their authority – in short change the voice of Generation Y online
• Penelope discounts the concept that experience is the most important factor defining authority “
• The conservative nature of Generation Y, and why this is not a negative

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