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Are you aware that you can use your skills, knowledge, networks and technology to attract aligned gigs? Do you understand that your values, strengths and context can help you make better work choices in the future? Are you willing to learn specific gigster competencies, super powers and money mastery skills to live a more aligned life? Now is the time to re-think and re-design your future and embrace the concept of becoming a gigster, regardless of your age or ability. After all, life is like a box of projects – and you can co-create the ones you get, as an employee, an expert or an entrepreneur. Gigsters shows you how you can be your own kind of multi-dimensional peculiar, starting today! This book is for you if you are considering:
freelance, fractional or contingent work
a side hustle, new career, special hobby
self-employment, becoming a solopreneur
sole practitioner, consultant or independent contractor
developing a startup business, passive income, asset development model
becoming a founder of a social enterprise or a world revolution
reinventing the way you work both today and tomorrow
Sue Ellson BBus AIMM MAHRI CDAA MPC ASA WV was born in Adelaide and moved to Melbourne in 1994. She joined LinkedIn on 21 December 2003 and is one of the first 100,000 people in the world on the platform. She has been consulting on the topic of LinkedIn since 2008 and launched her first three books of 80,000 words each '120 Ways To Achieve Your Purpose With LinkedIn,' '120 Ways to Attract The Right Career Or Business' and '120 Ways To Market Your Business Hyper Locally' in 2016 and the 45,000 word book 'Gigsters - Any Age or Ability Employees, Experts and Entrepreneurs' in 2019. She has a background in banking, training, recruitment, HR, marketing, employment, websites and social media and her first website, Newcomers Network went online in 2001. She created Camberwell Network in 2012 and 120 Ways Publishing in 2014. Sue is currently an Independent LinkedIn Specialist providing consulting and training on the topics of LinkedIn, social media and marketing to individual clients and organisations, a LinkedIn Specialist for Macfarlan Lane (senior executive outplacement), a Senior Consultant with Belgium based NetExpat (trailing spouse career development) and a teacher at the Centre for Adult Education (specializing in mobile device and website design training). Sue is an experienced trainer, professional learner and consultant in practice. You are welcome to connect with Sue at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sueellson and review her past publications and presentations online at https://sueellson.com
Contents
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Your Values
1.1 Purpose versus Values
1.2 You need a Network!
1.3 Technology and Congruence
2 Your Strengths
3 Your Context
4 Global and Enterprise Context Issues
4.1 Policy Changes
4.2 Unintended Consequences of Disruption
5 Future Influences and Variables
6 Gigster Competencies
7 Gigster Super Powers
8 Gigster Life
9 Gigster Goal Setting
10 Gigster Money Mastery
10.1 Financial Management
10.2 Gigster Income Streams
10.3 Starting Out As A Gigster
10.5 Budgeting
10.6 Alternative Funding Models
11 Gigster Ages and Stages
11.1 Gigsters under the age of 30
11.2 Gigsters aged 30 to 50
11.3 Gigsters aged over 50
12 Gigster Types
12.1 Gigster Variables
12.2 Gigster Types
12.3 Gigster Explanations
12.3.1 Employee – Working Warrior
12.3.2 Employee – Principled Pragmatic
12.3.3 Employee – Tenacious Temporary
12.3.4 Employee – Intuitive Intrapreneur
12.3.5 Expert – Suave Specialist
12.3.6 Expert – Master Magician
12.3.7 Expert – Fabulous Freelancer
12.3.8 Expert – Nimble Nomad
12.3.9 Entrepreneur – Unashamedly Unemployable
12.3.10 Entrepreneur – Conscious Crusader
12.3.11 Entrepreneur – Serial Starter
12.3.12 Entrepreneur – Side Shuffler
12.4 Gigster Types Over Time
13 Gigster Technology Apps
13.1 Gig Technology Requirements Analysis
13.2 Gigster Technology App Warnings
13.3 Gigster Technology Apps for your journey
14 Gigster Efficiencies
15 Gigster Challenges
16 Gigster Support
17 Gigster Success Measurement
17.1 Gigster Success Assessment
17.2 Gigster Success Actions
17.3 Gigster Success Sign Posts
18 Gigster Actions and Alignment
18.1 The 10 Gigster Commandments
19 Gigster Case Study – Sue Ellson
20 Gigster Examples
20.1 Working Warrior
20.2 Principled Pragmatic
20.3 Tenacious Temporary
20.4 Intuitive Intrapreneur
20.5 Suave Specialist
20.6 Master Magician
20.7 Fabulous Freelancer
20.8 Nimble Nomad
20.9 Unashamedly Unemployable
20.10 Conscious Crusader
20.11 Serial Starter
20.12 Side Shuffler
Gigster Activity Items
Bonuses
Index
Hyperlinks
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Author
* It is written as a conversation between the author and the reader to help people choose their own future and includes written exercises and poems.
* The book was written to help an individual come to their own conclusions as the person who knows you the best is you.
* It is designed for all ages, especially for people who are aiming for a lifestyle workstyle that matches values, skills and context - also good for people considering a side hustle.
* Was launched at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne.
* Finalist in the Australian Career Book Award, Entrant in the Australian Business Book Awards, IPPY Awards and Business Book Awards UK (International Division).
* 300 copies were given to Career Development Practitioners at the Career Development Association of Australia CDAA National Conference in Canberra 19-21 Sep 2019, further promotion through specific promotion on social media including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Google My Business, Fourth book from Sue Ellson.
