Charles Handy article concerning portfolio people saturating the marketplace. Handy begins the article explaining how workers in certain labor sectors, such as managers and other professionals, are becoming a part of the newly jobless. He notes that this trend isn't due to recession, but heightened competition in the global marketplace. The rise in competition has forced workers to compete on a part-time basis for fees instead of a guaranteed wage or salary. Handy thus deduces that the workforce has become a three-ringed circle, with the inner ring and outer ring appearing very familiar, the core being filled with corporate insiders and the outer ring with interchangeable and disposable workers. In the middle ring, Handy identifies portfolio people who individually build their skills and/or services and market them to others, concluding that these are the individuals who will be most prepared for the changing economy of the future.
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