Who is a portfolio career for?
Different people choose a portfolio career for different reasons.
Which reason do you relate to?
Or it may be more than one.
Is this you?
- Variety – you love variety and find that having 1 job does not give you enough variety.
- Fulfilment – you have an unfulfilled side e.g. creativity, and want to make this part of your career/working life.
- Peace of mind – you have some certainty of income such as a part time job, or freelance work, but want to explore other ways to earn money and use your skills, experience and knowledge.
- Automation/AI impact – you have found that opportunities in your traditional sector are limited/shrinking and that you need to rethink your career.
- Self-employment – you want to explore self-employment, e.g. freelance work or contracting as an alternative to a full time job.
- Returners – you are wanting to return to work having had children, but are finding this very challenging because of the attitudes of recruiters and employers.
- Work life balance – you have been working for many years full time, and would like to enjoy a better balance between work and other areas of your life – it is working out what and how.
- Pre-retirement – you are approaching retirement, but love your work and don’t want to retire just yet, just take your foot off the accelerator a bit.
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What kind of people have a portfolio career?
- Pre-retirees who want to take their foot off the accelerator but not stop work yet.
- Entrepreneurial types who are enterprising in nature
- Younger workers, aged under 30 called ‘GenY’ or ‘Millennials’, who don’t want to do just one thing
- Working mothers for whom the traditional world of work isn’t flexible enough for their needs
- People with a hobby that they feel they could turn into a business
- A creative side of people that isn’t being honoured – it’s an itch that needs scratching
- People wanting a fulfilling second career, having fallen into their first career
There are various terms for people who have a portfolio career; portfolio careerists, ‘pluralists’ and ‘free range humans’!
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