Work Life Choices in Digital Economy

Building a Career Online

Sairee Chahal

The Digital Economy?

Digital Economy refers to an economy that is based on digital technologies. The digital economy is also sometimes called the Internet Economy, the New Economy, or Web Economy.

Metaphor of shifting from processing atoms to processing bits. -Nicholas Negropont

Global Connect to devise strategies, interact, communicate, collaborate and search for information.

Trendscaping

What is to What can be

• New ideas on the horizon• New approach to doing things• New sectors• Quality of work

Identifying Skills

What is it that I do best?

Creating Digital Connect

How do I tweak it or reengineer it?

Preferred format

How can I work?

How deeply do I want to engage?

New Work Formats

Less hierarchy

More Focus on work

inter-relationships

Lesser workplace

time

More Focus on Results

Skills @Work

• A

Analyzing information

• C

Collaboration

• O

Ongoing education

Work Today

India in Context

Global Landscape

Emerging Careers

New Skills Required

New work formats

Monetizing Digital

Defining Value

• MCreating Products

• O

Technical Finesse

• B

Aiding Discovery

• IManaging Perception

• L

Repeatability

• E

Samples

• Virtual Tutor

• Pre-Sales Professional

• Analytics Consultant

• Code Hands

• UX Lead

Samples

• SAAS Reseller

• BOT Entrepreneur

• Financial Wizard

• Top of the line writer

• Community Manager

Samples

• Internet Marketer

• Human Resource Professional

• Hobby Specialist

• Domain Specialist

• Researcher

Brand You

DNA YOU

Skill YOU

People YOU

Delivering YOU

Sharing YOU

Best of Luck!

Sairee Chahal@sairee

Thank You!