I keep hearing of people being laid off – Designers are losing their jobs in the current downturn. So what do they do. I have a few ideas for things you can do as you wait for the economy to turn around:
1. Go back to uni and do a Masters degree. So you get to skill up, retrain, have fun and wait out the downturn.
2. Start a social innovation venture. I have a few ideas for this and have been talking to colleagues about doing a series of workshops to help interested people to get a venture up and running.
3. Start a Blog and write in your free time. In this way you can develop a byline and an online portfolio of thoughts – which will be useful when you go looking for work in time.
4. Do blue sky projects and post them online.
5. Retrain as a Social Innovator, Interaction Designer or Service Designer.
6. Become A Green Loans Home Sustainability Assessor. Follow this link to see more.
Now if any of these ideas appeal to you do comment and we can start a conversation.
Economic Downturn Boosts Work at Home Opportunities – Web Design Melbourne
Work at home opportunities or home based businesses will soar over the next few years. This is not just because people will have to work from home because they have been laid off – had to retire- or feel uncertain about the future. It is because this is the economic trend.
