Articles tagged with: portfolio career
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I am a recovering journalist. There I said it. I had been in the TV news business for around 12 years and had taken redundancy once, given birth to my second child and three months later came back to work for another company on a freelance basis around 2/3 days a week. At the same time, I set up my company Talent Network knowing that the 2/3 days a wk gig wasn’t going to last long. I was right. It lasted about 9 months. I needed to pay the bills …
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There are some days at work, (by which of course I mean ‘in my spare room’), when I just can’t focus. I open outlook, read a couple of emails, switch to twitter, open a blank word document… nothing seems to hold my attention for more than two minutes and I end up in a frenzy of inactivity – a dozen windows open on the laptop but getting absolutely nothing done.
There has been a huge surge in popularity over recent years, for parents particularly, in ‘portfolio careers’ – basically an exciting …
