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Matej Holy's avatar

I definitely want to learn more about what you talk about in The Chat, Anna. In my case, how to move towards the portfolio career when being employed.

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

Duly noted! There are a lot of essays in my back catalogue that might help but I’ll certainly pop this on my list for upcoming posts 😊

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Melissa Gough's avatar

I resonated with this question too! Would love to see your essays from your back catalogue!

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Bailey's avatar

Resonating with this big time !

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

I think a lot of us are feeling it!

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Katie's avatar

Yes yes and yes. I love this, I'm here for it and I'm feeling it deeply too.

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

❤️

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Nikki Nicole's avatar

Yes! Writing about the same thing right now. The system is disempowering and self-destructive in many ways and on all levels. I think what is happening now is not just change but total transformation. Heading straight into the unknown, it’s scary but so necessary.

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

I think so too.

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Marco Marquez's avatar

Can't wait for your deeper dive into the soft skills needed-really loved the chat this week!

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

Thank you! This is on my to-do list 😉

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Kelsey Wynne's avatar

You put what I've been feeling into words so beautifully 🤗

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

🫶🏼

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Megan Belden's avatar

FEELING THIS. It's been a slow rumbling for a long time, but it's getting louder.

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

It absolutely is.

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Sonja M.'s avatar

Yes please to the Substack series you mentioned in The Chat! 🙏🙏 especially the storytelling part and examples of how/where these conversations might take place. I’ve heard of people using advertised interviews for FTE positions and using them to pitch fractional/consultant based offerings based on the problem they discovered in the interview 🤔

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

Noted! I'll definitely pull this together shortly. That's a really interesting strategy, I've heard a few people try that (pitching fractional during a FT interview process) but I'm not sure how successful they were. Have you heard of it working?

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Sonja M.'s avatar

No, I’m not sure how successful they were either. ☺️

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Martin 🏹's avatar

We were told to “bring our whole selves to work” but the system only wanted the parts it could monetise.

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

Oof

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