The Gig Economy: The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life...

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Diane Mulcahy

The Gig Economy

The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You...

Diane Mulcahy

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Amacom
23 May 2024

Entrepreneurship; Consultancy & grants for businesses; Advice on careers & achieving success

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!

By: Diane Mulcahy
Imprint: Amacom
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781400245642
ISBN 10: 1400245648
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 23 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Diane Mulcahy is a Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation and an Adjunct Lecturer at Babson College, where she teaches ""Entrepreneurship and the Gig Economy,"" a popular MBA course that Forbes.com named one of the top ten most innovative business school classes in the country. Her work in venture capital and entrepreneurship has been featured on NPR and in the Harvard Business Review, The Huffington Post, Fortune, Forbes, The New Yorker, The Economist, and other national media."