Sandra Boyd is a principal and career solutions lead in the Toronto head office of Knightsbridge. Sandra specializes in Career Management, Career Transition, and the Four Generations in the Workplace. She is the author of The Hidden Job Market and co-author of The Flexible Thinker Guide to Extreme Career Performance.     Kim Spurgeon is a vice president at Knightsbridge. She is a certified coach who specializes in career management, career transition, and executive coaching. Kim and Sandra successfully developed and now co-lead the Knightsbridge career management practice.   Sandra and Kim’s chapter in the Career Development Practice in Canada textbook is on “Lifelong Career Management.” Topics covered in the podcast include: How has the approach to managing our careers evolved today compared with even 10 years ago? The difference between marketability and employability Why employees are more empowered now than at any time in the history of the corporate workplace The concept of career fluidity (and how it replaces the career ladder) How career management (and our definition of career success) changes over the ages and stages of the life cycle? The “Five Steps” to managing any career Knightsbridge’s career management model and the three-way partnership between manager, organization and employee What developing your “brand” really means and some tips to make it happen How social media has changed how we build our networks Why job hopping (working for organizations for one to two-year stints) is on the rise and no longer holds a negative connotation How employers who want to recruit and retain top talent are having to work harder to provide opportunities for career development