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From the category archives:
portfolio careers
Just discovered this website and organisation totally devoted to flexible working. Now not all portfolio workers work flexibly and not all flexible workers want to have portfolio careers but we have much in common in terms of what we are looking for in work. We want a better work/life blend and are seeking a way [...]
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Came across this very funny ad recently and it reminded me of me at certain times in my life – painful – but also of other portfolio workers that I know. Just remember about work/life blend……
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This is the title of a quite controversial piece by Jason Fried on why traditional work places are probably the most inefficient and unsatisfying places to work. Constant interruptions, meetings and bugged by managers. This is certainly one of the reasons that portfolio workers give us as to why they really do not want to [...]
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Most of you will be aware that the other main project in which I am involved is the pluses of being 50+. We have had a great deal of positive publicity for this and recently in talking to a journalist in Leeds she was especially interested in talking with some people who are over 50 [...]
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This is a site set up by Friends Provident primarily to launch an ebook of the same title researched and written by the Future Foundation.You can download chapters as they appear month by month. My portfolio has been expanded to include being called a ‘panel expert’ to answer questions sent in to the site about [...]
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We have quoted before from Hannah Morgan’s website and newsletter about job searching and below are a host of sites that she is recommending for people who are getting disillusioned with the process. Portfolio workers of course are looking for more than 1 job so in theory could get even more demoralised. If you go [...]
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The Britain of the future will work a 21-hour week, with positive consequences for employers and employees, according to the New Economic Foundation’s (NEF) report. The group said working fewer hours could solve a myriad of problems. Unemployment, inequality and climate change could all be tackled by promoting a shorter week as standard.
Currently, people are [...]
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wall street journal has a great article today on solo success. It starts – “welcome to the age of going solo”.
4 (not new) thoughts but some good advice and experience.
think long term
join a network
have your own space
think like an entrepreneur
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