10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio Career
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Indeed. You read that right. Instead of just writing about how to create a Portfolio Career, Nick Williams, Adrian Bourne and myself will all be offering up ideas to get you moving or at least thinking of finding work that you enjoy and get paid for.
Nick Williams runs Inspired Entrepreneurs and has written a best [...]
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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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