Are We All Entpreneurs Now?

In Discussion by Hannah Johnson

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By Hannah Johnson

In today’s feature article, Chip Rossetti explains that even now that’s he’s in graduate school — after leaving an editorial career in New York, and then an editing job in the Middle East — he’s never really left publishing.

He talks about the need to diversify his professional identity in today’s business and publishing climate. People change jobs more frequently and the economic climate has motivated more people to become entrepreneurs, freelancers and students. Of course, digitization also requires today’s workforce to possess an entirely new and broader range of skills.

Does this mean that people can no longer identify with a single profession or company? Do you find that people are juggling more than one professional identity these days?

Leave a comment and tell us what your experience with career change has been.

About the Author

Hannah Johnson

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Hannah Johnson is the publisher of international book industry magazine Publishing Perspectives, which provides daily information and news about book markets around the world. In addition to building partnerships with international cultural and trade organizations, she works with the Frankfurt Book Fair to organize and support a number of its overseas initiatives. Hannah has also worked as the managing editor for an online media company, The Hooch Life, focused on craft distillers and cocktail experts. Prior to that, she worked as a project manager for the Frankfurt Book Fair’s New York office, managing various business and marketing activities.