Even in a tough economy business professionals are always in search of ways to redefine and reassess the components of having a satisfying career and good work/life balance. This book gives ten practical steps for establishing a “portfolio career” option where you have two or more jobs for different employers and reframe your brand by playing to your greatest strengths. Each job would utilize different skills and allow you to follow your passions with enough built-in flexibility and diversity to help you thrive during economic slumps. Whether part-time worker or a combination of working for yourself and an organization, this book will show you the way to explore innovative career opportunities and find the maximum fulfillment in your work.
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"A must-read for all career professionals and their customers who want a step by step guide to progress from earning an income from various sources in an apparent unstructured way, to creating a satisfying and enjoyable way to self-manage their career."—Vivienne Brown, President, Institute of Careers Guidance
"It should be made compulsory reading for everyone over 50 and strongly recommended to anyone at any age who's struggling to achieve an interesting, challenging and rewarding working life."— Inmyprime Website
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Barrie Hopson is Chairman of Axia Interactive Media, and is a non-executive director of two other companies. He established the Councilling and Career Development Unit at Leeds University and founded Lifeskills International. He has written 25 books and worked as a consultant all over the world.
Katie Ledger's portfolio includes being a communications coach, corporate storyteller, conference facilitator and producer, writer and TV reporter for BBC Click. She also works with companies such as Microsoft, MSN, SonyHP, 3 Mobile, Wiley Publishing, Waterstones and the Post Office. "Katie Ledger is one of the UK’s top business communications coaches."—Financial Times (of London)
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From Enterprise to Entrepeneur,
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This review is from: And What Do You Do?: 10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio Career (Paperback)
I gave this book to my wife to help her run her own business after spending a lifetime working for large companies. Throughout her career in full time employment, she did jobs that were fixed in their objectives, were rigid in their process and frustrated her very much. She always felt that she could do much more than just the standard set of tasks assigned to her in a job, and often took on other projects to keep her interested. She felt stifled by her work and the rigid boundaries set by her organisation.
Now, she runs her own company and offers various services to small and large businesses. She has transformed the way she works. She is happy and energised and found the time to write the book she has longed to write. This book gave her the skills, the know how and the confidence to do so. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to break free from their corporate chains and realise their true potential. It's made a huge difference to the way she manages the multiple strands of her life and career.
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This review is from: And What Do You Do?: 10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio Career (Paperback)
Get out paper and pen. You're going to have work to do to get through this book. But when you're finished, you'll have a clear picture of your likes and dislikes, temperament, risk tolerance, and overall suitability for a Portfolio Career. I received a copy of And What Do You Do? when it was published in the UK, because one of the authors is married to a colleague of mine. Reading it, I was convinced I should start to cobble together a portfolio of careers for myself, but then I failed the suitability test. It seems I'm doomed to a 40-hour/week lifestyle, but you don't have to be. Get the book, test yourself, try on some of the ideas to see if they fit.
What struck me , however, was that such a life, with a collection of part-time jobs, was more practical in the UK than here in the U.S., because workers there would not have to worry about health care benefits. But now that health care reform has passed in the U.S., maybe what the authors, Hopson and Ledger, call a Portfolio Career may be more possible here. Since the Recession of 2007, I've read a few articles about workers who have no choice but to collect a portfolio of jobs because they can't get their full-time positions back. Or those positions were eliminated, never to return. So, the timing of this book's publication in the U.S. might be exactly right.
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