There are so many ways to slash your career, but one way to think about how to pursue multiple careers is how to expand it. Do you go wide, deep, or wild? What do I mean? Going wide means sticking to one discipline and applying different but related skills for different industries or markets....
There’s no such thing as a safe job anymore, is there? Well, perhaps there is, if you know how to recession-proof your career or nab one of the hottest jobs. There’s another way to stay the course even in rough job markets – build a portfolio career. It sounds fancy but it’s been going...
We know slashers are everywhere and in fact have been around for centuries. But admittedly, prior to the 20th century, these multi-faceted personalities are few and far between. But that’s no longer true. In fact, a portfolio career could very well be the future of work. Not convinced? These trends will at the very least...
For most of my working years, I have been a slasher. Even while working full-time, I always at least one part-time job I do outside my regular work. In 2005, I took the leap from being an employee to being a program director/magazine editor/freelance writer. I also launched with a business partner a custom...
Now that you know what a slasher is not, this description below should give you a very good picture of what a slasher, i.e. one who has a portfolio career, is. A slasher does different kinds of work regularly. Regular work means at least weekly but often a number of times a week. So doing something only occasionally...
If you ask me what I do for a living, I’ll be quick to say that I’m a conference producer, because that’s how I primarily make money. I am, first and foremost, an entrepreneur, a business owner, who happens to have a couple of projects on the side I do for other companies. But if...
Ever heard of portfolio careers? What about slash careers? To put in the simplest terms, this is what my portfolio or slash career looks like: conference producer/magazine editor/custom publisher/financial advisor/homeschooling dad. The idea is not exactly new, but it is a relatively novel concept. In the Philippines, we might call this “raket” but that’s...
