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Security feels comforting. Optionality creates power.Val Sklarov’s Career & Hiring perspective reframes careers not as paths to safety, but as systems designed to preserve choice under uncertainty. 1. Job Security Is a Lagging Indicator Security is usually recognized after it disappears. Val Sklarov distinguishes: Perceived security (titles, tenure, contracts) Real …

Careers stall when loyalty replaces leverage. Hiring fails when fit replaces judgment.Val Sklarov’s Career & Hiring perspective treats both careers and talent acquisition as capital allocation problems—where trust, capability, and optionality must compound over time. 1. Careers Advance Through Leverage, Not Tenure Time served does not create value. Leverage does. …