The traditional model of the 9-5, permanent "job
for life" may or may not be in terminal decline.
What is clear, however, is that it has been joined
by a variety of other models of employment contract,
such as:
- fixed term contracts
- use of casual labour
- outsourcing
- use of agency labour (whose contract may be
with agency, rather than with the organisation
worked for)
- freelance consultancy (often using
previously employed people on job-by-job
contracts but now also allowed to work
elsewhere)
- portfolio working
In this section Flexibility provides news,
guidance and research reviews about flexible
contracts.
Articles on Flexible Contracts
'And what do you
do?' - The Attractions of a Portfolio Career
This guest article by Barrie Hopson, looks at the
growing phenomenon of portfolio working - having a
collection of 'jobs' and skills that you sell into
the market. |
