LIZ BARCLAY WEALTH & RICHES
10,000 emails a year, one in ten never make phone calls, and almost half never send letters. The workplace is changing, and having been brought up with digital and mobile technology makes young people more suited to that future than older workers. “The Future of Work” study
by Richard Watson and Andrew Crosthwaite suggests that in just two years time, around four out of 10 of the total workforce will be mobile. Bosses will increasingly hire freelance workers as and when they need them. Jobs will be replaced by portfolio careers with people doing part-time work for several different firms at the same time – some on a freelance basis (responsible for paying their own tax and National Insurance) and some on the books as employees. The report says:
Businesses will have fewer full- time employees in the future. They will put together teams of talented people as they need them – different teams for dif- ferent projects. Four out of 10 workers will work away from an office by 2015 – at home perhaps.
The cloud will become more and more important so that people will need fewer mobile devices and will be able to ac- cess their work from anywhere. Already a quarter of mobile workers say they work 15-20 hours extra a week because technology enables (or forces) them to do so. The young people now building portfolio careers for themselves in this way will be 60 plus in 35 years time, and by then the over 65s will make up half Europe’s workforce. The young people I know
who are busy and fulfilled are portfolio working – like the 23-year-old with a business degree working evenings in a bar, studying for a qualification in financial management, making and selling jewellery on a market stall at weekends and accepting short term contracts advising small businesses on various aspects of their operations. The internet and digital technology allows her to work anytime, anywhere and she’s doing more hours than she would as an employee. Young people are flexible and can switch from one
LIZ’S TOP TIPS FOR WORKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Look for part time work to earn some money while getting other projects started
Make a list of your qualifications, work experience and interests
Ask 10 people who know you what they think you're good at
Ask freelancers to help you get set up on your own
Get out there and market your services Build each part of your portfolio slowly and keep the part time job until you're earning enough to stop
Decide what you’d like to be doing in five years and work on getting the qualifications
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Technology allows people to work any- time, anywhere
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Employers will hire teams of creatives as and when they need to
occupation to the next easily. Many prefer the freedom of working for themselves to more formal working structures although it doesn’t suit everyone. There’s a future in it and 16 to 24-year-olds looking for a job now, might consider building a portfolio instead. b
DID YOU KNOW ?
According to studies conducted on work environments, many places of employment are introducing a flexi-time scheme. This allows working mothers to get their work done without missing out on attending school events.
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