大概每個在職場打拼的人都希望至少捧得一個“鐵飯碗”,旱澇保收,安穩長久。不過,在職場競爭如此激烈的今天,什么材質的飯碗都有被砸的可能。所以,不少人開始琢磨給自己打工,做個辛苦卻快樂的open-collar worker。
An? open-collar worker ?refers to a person who does jobs at home that once required an office setting.
Open-collar worker(字面意思為“開領工人”)指把家當辦公室,在家里上班的人,即“自由職業者”。
Home-based entrepreneurship is attracting growing numbers of recruits to its ranks. These "open-collar workers" come from a variety of backgrounds: lifelong entrepreneurs, homemakers, downsized workers, graduate students, stay-at-home parents, homebound disabled people and retirees. But their goals are similar: to be their own bosses, work flexible hours and devote their efforts to projects they love.
家庭創業正在吸引越來越多的人加入。這些“開領工人”的背景各不相同:有資深企業家、家政工人、被裁員工、剛畢業的學生、居家父母、不宜外出的殘疾人以及退休人員,等等。不過,他們的目標是一樣的:做自己的老板,工作時間靈活,還能花精力做自己喜歡的事情。
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(中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯)