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Thinking Creatively about Your Career
March 12, 2010 | Author: Allyn Horne | Filed under: Career Change, Job Hunting, Setting Goals
Did you catch the under-reported but impressive stat that says temporary and consulting jobs rose by 52,000 in January? This means that, despite the economy, companies still need to get things done; but instead of hiring full-time employees, and booking the costs that come with, hiring managers are turning to people willing to think creatively about their careers.
Are you among them?
If your vision of career has long entailed only a full-time job, then you might need a mind-shift, as that vision could very well limit your options and, effectively, hold you back. After all, if all you’re interested in is a long-term, full-time role, thank you very much, you’ll be blind to all other options. And blind is not something you want to be when your next paycheck—possibly your career—depends on it.
Consider the evidence. Companies, desperate to survive the recession, are getting serious about flexible work, offering options like job sharing, flex hours, and telecommuting in ever-increasing numbers. A whopping ninety-four percent of employers surveyed by the Families and Work Institute last year said they planned to maintain or increase flexible work offerings.
And flextime trailblazers continue to develop and model “flexiwork” practices that more and more companies are following, if for no other reason than because it makes good business sense. Harvard Business Review author and economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett gives kudos to KPMG and Booz Allen Hamilton as flex work exemplars; the non-profit Families and Work Institute’s 2009 report When Work Works nods to those firms and numerous others, large and small, names familiar and not.
As your vision shifts to include non-traditional work options, you’ll also gain more ways to sell yourself. You won’t nix a job just because it’s part-time or remote. In your brave new economy, everything’s fair game: two part-time jobs, three short-term roles, or one part-time and one remote assignment. What matters is that the income keeps rolling in and that your work suits your 21st century lifestyle.
Besides, those part-time, short-term, and remote positions might morph into full-time, long-term, and on-site roles when the economy rebounds. If you’re successfully working two or three part-time positions, you’ve effectively doubled or tripled your chances of eventually landing meaningful full-time work—if, after pushing the boundaries of work, full-time work is still what you want.
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