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The standard model for career success has changed in our multi-tasking times. In the old model, you get your degree, apply for a job in your field, and work for the same company, doing relatively the same job, until you retire. Now, the whole picture has changed. How can you catch up to the new model with an old model resume’? Try a slash career. What is a slash career, you may ask? Marci Alboher has created a whole slash career of her own based on the phenomenon. Why limit yourself to one narrow field when you can be a lawyer/ Baptist minister, a teacher/ chef, or a software designer/ painter? Most people have plans for after they retire, goals to explore the sides of themselves they didn’t get to express in their daily lives. In the new economy, it is rare to find individuals who are finding true fulfillment through singular jobs. Instead, the modern professional can find a way to pursue multiple fields at once through a slash career. In my own life, I have found the limits of growth in the daily grind as an HR professional. But, how to branch out? I had always wanted to be a writer. And what better way to branch out than writing about what I know- career development and job searches, recruiting and retention, education and training. By exploring writing opportunities about my existing career, I could develop a portfolio which allowed me to write on even broader subjects. That growth led to new contacts, to new opportunities in career and life coaching. But enough about me. How can you find your own slash career? What would you be doing professionally if you could only make enough money doing it? Would you join a band, become a personal chef, paint, invent tools, teach a class? There’s no need to give up your day job to pursue the new you. Ask yourself, what can I do today to pursue those dreams? If you have a day job, could you pursue teaching at a local adult learning center or community college in the evenings or on weekends? Could you place an ad seeking local musicians to rehearse with for your musical dream? Do you have a week’s extra vacation time, during which you could set up a photo developing studio in your home, order business cards for your new venture, or do the online research on local options for following your dream? Not everyone is satisfied by a slash career. Many people seeking a permanent job transition use this as a layover point on their way to their dream job. But for those of us with many interests, who may want to break up the forty hour workweek with two twenty hour jobs (or four ten hour jobs for that matter), a slash career can be a great way to succeed in not just one field, but many. What would your dream slash career look like? Posted by Amy Loveridge Comments12 Comments so far |
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