10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio Career
From the category archives:
The Guardian has a great article on Who needs a CV in Mull? where multi-tasking is a way of life. And the inhabitants wouldn’t have it any other way. Coincidently, Hugh MacLeod, who provided us with many of the drawings in our book also had a grandfather in the Scottish Highlands who was a crofter [...]
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We have been very impressed with the work that Antonia Chitty has been doing in encouraging Mums to set up their own businesses. We know that 60% of all new businesses start in the home. We know that many of these are set up by women.
167, 353 self-employed mothers work from home.
Mums who run their [...]
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You may well have seen the stats released this work which shows that as a nation we take off more days sick than any other country in Europe. In fact 25% of all sickie days happen here. So what is going on? Maybe it makes sense to look at this alongside the unemployment figures also [...]
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Ahh how to find the Holy Grail…..Mike Pegg as ever offers some great thoughts and practical solutions.
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As portfolio workers we have to be better than most at managing our time. Have a look at this video from Fast Company which introduces a technique called task batching.
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Flexibility.co.uk has just published an article of mine on portfolio careers. Have a look. Anyone with a portfolio career should be RSS this site as there is a considerable overlap between portfolio careers and the issues represented by flexible working.
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Paula Caligiuri has a new book, a great video and Change This Manifesto.
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Not all portfolio workers are freelancers but many are and the number of freelancers are increasing in the UK and in the US. This video from Fast Company magazine outlines a few of the major issues for any freelancer. Most of us will be aware of these but for those considering it this is a [...]
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Our good friend Tanya de Grunwald has just launched her new site. Lots of tips, hints, articles and great advice from a woman who knows all about how grads should get into employment of some kind. Maybe even a portfolio career?
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This is a piece from Tammy Erickson from the Harvard Business Review. Her predictions are:
1. Two-job norm — More people will maintain two sources of income than ever before. Instead of relying on the onetime holy grail of employment — a salaried job with full benefits — workers will create a series of [...]
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