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Title:
Career Development of Free Agent Workers
Author:
Publisher:
ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education
Year:
2001
Number of Pages
5
Source Details
Title:
ERIC Digest Number 228
URL:
http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/da...01/0000019b/80/16/fc/aa.pdf
Resource Center Details
Description / Comments:
Various economic, technology-related, and other factors have
converged to serve as a catalyst for the emergence of
workers who consider themselves free agents. Estimates of
the number of free agent workers range from 12.9 to 25
million. Individual free agent workers may take widely
varying approaches to their careers; however, all have taken
charge of their careers, consider interesting work a
priority, and mak
e increasing their skills an important part of their
strategy. Emerging concepts of career development pertinent
to the free agent worker model include the concept of the
boundary-less career (not tied to traditional career paths)
and internal versus external careers (self-estimation of
career events versus actual jobs held). Because free agent
workers have nontraditional careers, they lack access to the
traditional career development opportunities that are
available to workers who follow more traditional career
paths. Two important career development strategies for free
agent workers are engaging in learning and networking. Free
agent learning is voluntary, self-directed, and focused
primarily on new jobs. Networks serve several career
development-related purposes for free agent learners. For
example, networks fulfill free agent workers' need for
contact with others, and they provide the contacts needed
for professional success and survival. The networks may be
virtual or
take more traditional forms, including regular conference
calls and meetings. (Contains 10 references.) (MN)
Topics / Keywords:
Adult Learning; Career Development; Career Education; Consultants; Continuing Education; Demand Occupations; Employment Patterns; Employment Qualifications; Independent Study; Influences; Labor Market; Learning Processes; Lifelong Learning; Literature Reviews; Networks; Nontraditional Occupations; Occupational Mobility; Self Employment; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Trend Analysis; Vocational Adjustment
Section:
Adult Lit > Workplace Literacy
Resource Type:
Practice, Theory & Program Models
Location:
Hanging Files
Copies:
1
Entry Date:
November 3rd 2005
Last Updated:
September 26th 2008
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