Sophie Hinchliffe, known as Mrs Hinch, started cleaning her own home and posting about it on Instagram in 2018. Within a year she had over a million followers. She has since published multiple bestselling books, launched her own homeware range and built a full media career from something that started as unpaid work in her own house.
People now have the ability to share content and build an audience for free on social media platforms. Skills developed at home such as cooking, fitness, home organisation, and crafting can become content, then an audience, and possibly lead to a career as a creator, author or product developer.
Key Skill: Explain the difference between employment, work and being a volunteer.
A) True or False?
1. Mrs Hinch was paid to clean her home when she started out. 2. Skills developed through unpaid work can lead to a career. 3. You need formal qualifications to turn a skill into a career. 4. Unpaid work has no real value because it does not come with a salary.
B) Name one skill or activity a person could do at home that might lead to a career. Explain how it could happen.
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STRAND 2 CHAPTER 16: Employment, work and volunteering