Career reinvention across generations: What HR needs to know
Drs Schuster & Oxley
November 18, 2025
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We wrote an article for People Space on how human development follows a steady rhythm even as technology reshapes work. Understanding the five stages of adult development helps HR leaders design careers that support meaning, reinvention and contribution across generations. Our point here was to try to point out the fallacy of career development as a single exercise. The simple fact is that we need different things at 21 versus 51.










