In our changing world, more and more work is being done by people who do not have traditional kinds of jobs but —as any astute observer will confirm— the work is still there.

As such we may want to redefine what we mean by the word "job".

Simply said, a "job" is a set of duties or tasks.

A job can be paid or unpaid. It can be completed at a work site, at home or somewhere else. It can be a contract job, a consulting job or a volunteer job. Even someone who is self-employed has a job.

By better understanding the changing nature of the very definition of a job, it's easier to understand why most jobs are never advertised... they just "happen".

That's right, for most people, finding a job has everything to do with connecting the dots between odd events that lead to a job than just getting "the winning call" from a recruiter. In other words, don't think you're not on your way to your next job just because you're following your own path.