Portfolio Career
The Cambridge Dictionary defines “portfolio career” as “the fact of having several part-time jobs at once, rather than one full-time job” and notes “a portfolio career is suitable for people who want to have a variety in their work life…the fact of having a series of jobs, each for a short time, rather than one job for a long time: In order to pursue a portfolio career, you must be willing to risk personal change.”
While this piece is focused on those in the field of psychology, I believe many will nevertheless find the approaches discussed herein applicable, no matter your current endeavors.
Psychology as a learned profession has always offered a wonderfully vast collection of career options — initially based in science, and then branching out to more applied and clinical applications. Psychology has continued to serve as a platform in these contemporary times to be foundational for continuing evolution, adaptation and augmentation in service of more areas and individuals. I’m going to explore some of these areas from my experiences in various work settings over the course of a 35-year time span, or my “Portfolio Career.” I hope that it will offer not only some modicum of inspiration, but also actionable tools, approaches, and resources that may be of assistance.
