Jigsawise - solving the job puzzle

Jigsawise - Solving the Job Puzzle
How to find the work you always dreamed of in a shifting jobs market

Rather than devoting all your time to one job – often to the exclusion of other interests – Jigsawise shows you how to find and create individual pieces of work with the help of personal contacts, the Internet and other resources, and use these workpieces to build a career.

But Jigsawise is about far more than the process of working to earn money. It provides a template for making work fit into our lives, providing an income and financial security, but also accommodating the needs of our families and relationships, and satisfying our personal ambitions.

Employment is changing: fewer of us have full time jobs with final salary pensions. Jigsawise will help you gain the skills, aptitude and confidence to adapt and prosper in this new world of work.

Vince Cable the Business Secretary, states that ‘Jigsawise – Solving the Job Puzzle‘ represents a new approach to work and jobs which reflects the nature of the modern economy’. And recent readers who have bought the book on Amazon say ... This book will change how we view work! ... Brilliant!  ... Jigsawise is essential reading ... For many this book will be the best investment they will make ... Everyone should read this book! ... Des McCabe has drawn THE map of the new world of work and it's a pretty useful one! ... This perspective should be taught in school ... Des McCabe’s “Jigsawise” is one of the most significant books to emerge in decades ... Jigsawise is prescribed reading for all! ... Jigsawise is a gateway to the new world of working ....

Part 1 - The new world of work

The old realities of the job market have been swept aside by globalisation, outsourcing, the Internet, and now, the economic crisis. This is putting a new complexion on the question much favoured by elderly relatives: What do you want to be when you grow up? Even worse, the former assumption that if you study hard you will get the job of your dreams no longer holds. This book is a primer for putting together a collection of workpieces - some paid, some perhaps not – to provide financial independence, whilst improving the balance between work and the other aspects of life.

1. ‘What would you really like to do?’
2. Study hard and get a good job?
3. The old world of work.
4. How Governments used to create jobs.
5. The reluctant entrepreneur.
6. Jobs and Work are not the same thing.
7. Africa and the economic ladder.
8. Beyond the Industrial Revolution.
9. Jobs -v- employment - the all or nothing approach.
10. Finding the work you dream of.


Part 2 - Jigsawise is here already

The rapid rise in unemployment following a decade of job creation and full employment, provides the impetus to reshape the world of work. In some sectors Jigsawise is here already, providing exemplars for how to create and manage individual pieces of work - paid and voluntary – to create a seamless picture.

11. The Jigsawise evolution.
12. What is Jigsawise?
13. A new view of life: the Jigsawise perspective.
14. Build your future with Jigsawise.
15. The Age of Jigsawise.
16. The Marketing Specialist.
17. In my slippers.
18. We’re cooking again.
19. We don’t just have to be one thing.
20. What do you do?
21. Jigsawise or Jobsearch - which do you choose?
22. Inployment.
23. Inside the Jigsaw box.
24. Forget work-life balance.


Part 3 - Jigsawise and workpieces

It may be possible to catch a glimpse of what a working life based on a series of projects, or workpieces, could be like. But the question is how to start putting a portfolio of work together, and how to get over the hump of needing to maintain an income stream at the same time. There are plenty of workpieces available, and it is necessary to be organised and disciplined to get your workpiece career off the ground.

25. Where do I start?
26. But I need income now!
27. There’s loads of workpieces to choose from.
28. Collect your workpieces and get organised.
29. Would you work for nothing?
30. Apply for the easy work.
31. Starter workpieces.
32. Individuals in tough situations.
33. The SIX workpiece laws.
34. What makes a successful workpieces.
35. Jigsawise and subcontracting.
36. Your ideal Jigsawise picture.
37. Jigsawise colleagues.
38. Fourteen popular workpieces.
39. Five things to remember.
40. Adrian.
41. Workpiece ideas you can start today.
42. Create the first chapter of your new Jigsawise life now.


Part 4 - Creating workpieces from nothing

Anyone who has previously been in full time employment is used to having all their work time activity dictated by the needs of the job. This makes it hard to generate ideas for workpieces. This chapter gives practical advice and exercises for creating and building workpieces, pulling in fellow Jigsawise workers and finding resources on the Internet.

43. Generating ideas for possible workpieces.
44. Looking at yourself in SIX new ways - workpiece exercise.
45. £100 or $100 or €100 next week - workpiece exercise.
46. Become a best-selling author in 3 weeks - workpiece exercise.
47. Unlock your future with Jigsawise.
48. Different sets of colleagues for different workpieces.
49. Another workpiece - Who’s on this team?
50. Your local Jigsawise team
51. Let me get this straight: Questions.
52. Graphics for Jigsawise.
53. It’s all about you.
54. Developing workpieces you have created.
55. Thinking outside the box.
56. Crazy linkages.


Part 5 - Practical Jigsaskills

Here you will find out how to develop the new skills that are needed day-to-day to be Jigsawise. These range from developing and honing your networking skills, to learning how to barter skills and resources, and engender the self-discipline needed to complete all your tasks. This will help you to keep driving projects forward, when there is no external discipline from an employer to keep you on your toes.

57. Jigsawise toolkit.
58. Jigsawise - it’s great when pieces come together.
59. Bartering methods in Jigsawise.
60. Jigsawise daily routine.
61. Every hour should be focused on creating workpieces.
62. Social networking.
63. From Social Networking to Self Sustainability Networking.
64. Hypothetical Jigsawise worker number 1: Chloe.
65. Hypothetical Jigsawise worker number 2: Pam.
66. Jigsawise: have you got your head around it yet?
67. Your Jigsawise Journal.


Part 6 - Moving Forward with Jigsawise

Once your first workpiece is in place you need to consider what the next one will be, and to manage and develop your collection of workpieces. Some workpieces may grow, at times some will be dormant, others may be temporary, or come and go. Some workpieces will be better than others and it is valuable to assess why. It is also important to think about branding, to give a shape, context and consistency to your workpieces. Using income from these active workpieces, it is important to put in place passive workpieces, including investments, that will generate money for a pension pot.

68. What will your next workpiece look like?
69. Stay healthy with a well-being workpiece.
70. Jigsawise - it’s surprising how quickly one workpiece can grow.
71. Workpieces are temporary.
72. Jigsawise is an imperfect process.
73. Passive Income.
74. Hypothetical Jigsawise worker number 3: Kevin.
75. You are your brands.
76. What’s your next bright idea?


Part 7 - The Jigsawise extended family

Losing a job may also mean an instant end to the camaraderie and social connections of the workplace, but Jigsawise provides the framework to build a circle of contacts and like-minded people. Even when sitting in front of your computer at home, trying to create and progress workpieces, you are not alone. This chapter shows how to draw on the skills of others, help them in return and how to build teams to deliver particular workpieces. It ends with a checklist that will help ensure that your communications network is robust.

77. Friendship and companionship.
78. Jigsawise - it’s all about working together and helping each other.
79. You are not alone.
80. Our big extended family.
81. Hypothetical Jigsawise worker number 4: Bob.
82. Family rules OK.
83. Who can you help today?
84. Jigsawise - connect and create workpieces with others.
85. The Quick Jigsawise Communication Audit.


Part 8 - Jigsakids of all ages

If full time employment is a thing of the past, the education and training of young people needs to reflect this. This chapter considers the changes that are needed in schools to prepare students for the new world of work, and considers new model apprenticeships for Jigsawise workers.

86. Many paths and many opportunities.
87. Lessons - old and new.
88. Creating workpieces at school.
89. Jigsakids - its child’s play.
90. What’s happening with teaching?
91. The school assets.
92. Jigsaskills - learning and doing.
93. Further education and Jigsawise.
94. Hypothetical Jigsawise worker number 5: Shirley.
95. Jigsawise Apprentice - you’re hired.


Part 9 - Jigsawise and Human Resources

It’s important not to think of Jigsawise as a scheme that is only relevant to the unemployed. It is also critical to how companies are run and organised, and how they access skills and resources needed to do the work. Over the past 15 years many companies have come to appreciate the flexibility that outsourcing can provide and now many are looking to tap this flexibility in house as well. It becomes a significant new duty for the Human Resources function to reflect this in the way people are managed. The move to Jigsawise provides trades unions with the opportunity to take the initiative and support members and recruits who are performing workpieces for more than one employer.

96. Jigsawise is the new workplace.
97. Workpieces are the new HR specialism.
98. The opportunity for Trade Unions.
99. Redundancy, Restructuring, Retirement and Re-organisation.
100. Alternatives to redundancy.
101. Workpieces for the over 50’s.
102. Hypothetical Jigsawise worker number 6: John.
103. Jigsawise is essential for those in full-time employment.
104. Become a Workpiece Development Specialist.


Part 10 - Towards the end of unemployment

The government is running to catch up. We are still in a full time jobs culture and government policies are out of kilter. Rather than job creation focussing solely on funding initiatives by companies, it should support individuals to learn the skills of Jigsawise and help them to become self-reliant.

105. Jigsawise and unemployment.
106. Change your role from employee to Jigsawise worker.
107. Make sure you’re qualified for the new world of work.
108. Government leverage.
109. Towards the end of unemployment.



Part 11 - Jigsawise - it’s all about your life


This chapter takes a step back to consider the overall perspective of Jigsawise , showing how it can be applied to help you shape the future you want. It also places Jigsawise in the context of cooperating with people in our local communities and in the wider world. At its core, Jigsawise is about sustainability, which is the most important attribute of any system for dealing with the new realities of work.

110. How do you see your future?
111. Hypothetical Jigsawise worker number 7: Kathy.
112. An inclusive global perspective.
113. Build your worldwide network with Jigsawise.
114. Top 12 reasons for using Jigsawise.
115. Get your career and income moving in the right direction with Jigsawise.
116. Jigsawise Personal Assessment.
117. Your logo reminders.
118. Grow your future with Jigsawise.


Part 12 - The Jigsawise Glossary 

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If you have any questions about how Jigsawise can help you to build your career or if you wish to discuss ideas for creating your future - you can contact Des McCabe directly at equalitytraining@aol.com