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The gig economy : the complete guide to getting better work, taking more time off, and financing the life you want / Diane Mulcahy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : AMACOM, American Management Assoication [2017]Description: 227 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780814437339 (hardcover)
  • 0814437338 (hardcover)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- Defining your success -- Diversify! -- How to create your own security -- Connect without networking -- Overcome fear by reducing and managing risk -- Plan for and take advantage of the time between gigs -- Take ownership of your time -- How to increase your financial flexibility -- Think access, not ownership -- Customizing your vision of retirement -- Conclusion: the future gig economy.
Summary: Today, more than a third of Americans are working in the gig economy-- mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. For those who've figured out the formula, life has never been better! Mulcahy presents your guide to this uncertain but ultimately rewarding world, supplying strategies to help you construct a life based on your priorities and vision of success. It's time to take charge of your own career and lead the life you actually want.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 650.1 M954 Available 33111008522092
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Today, most Americans are working in the gig economy--mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. Learn how to embrace the independent and self-sufficient world of freelance!

The Gig Economy is your guide to this uncertain but ultimately rewarding world. Packed with research, exercises, and anecdotes, this eye-opening book supplies strategies--ranging from the professional to the personal--to help you leverage your skills, knowledge, and network to create your own career trajectory.

In this book, you will learn how to:

Construct a life based on your priorities and vision of success Cultivate connections without networking Create your own security Build flexibility into your financial life Face your fears by reducing risk

Corporate jobs are not only unstable--they're increasingly scarce. It's time to take charge of your own career and lead the life you want, one immune to the impulsive whims of an employer looking only at today's bottom line. Start mapping out your place in the gig economy today!

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Defining your success -- Diversify! -- How to create your own security -- Connect without networking -- Overcome fear by reducing and managing risk -- Plan for and take advantage of the time between gigs -- Take ownership of your time -- How to increase your financial flexibility -- Think access, not ownership -- Customizing your vision of retirement -- Conclusion: the future gig economy.

Today, more than a third of Americans are working in the gig economy-- mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. For those who've figured out the formula, life has never been better! Mulcahy presents your guide to this uncertain but ultimately rewarding world, supplying strategies to help you construct a life based on your priorities and vision of success. It's time to take charge of your own career and lead the life you actually want.

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