Alberta Residents Career Workshop - Branch Out™ as an Independent Worker

Want to get set up as an independent freelancer, contractor or consultant? This workshop shows you how.

By Purposeful Careers

Date and time

Tue, Jun 18, 2024 8:00 AM - Wed, Jun 19, 2024 3:00 PM PDT

Location

Online

About this event

1 day 7 hours

Albertan residents, join us for an exciting online workshop starting on Tue June 18, 2023 to explore becoming a self-employed freelancer, contractor or consultant. Discover alternatives to the conventional work mold, learn how to start your career as an independent worker and create the flexibility and freedom you desire.

Our expert presenters will share how to:

Set up an independent career as a freelancer, contractor or consultant.
Use an Independent Worker's Business Canvas to align your knowledge. experience and skills to opportunities in your industry.
Build your services.
Negotiate your rate.

An independent career allows you to share your skills, knowledge and expertise. It can give you freedom and flexibility to work in a way that meets your personal, career and financial goals. From freelancing and contract work to specialized consulting, learn how to leverage your skills and passion to create a flexible, fulfilling and financially rewarding independent career.

Here's What Participants are Saying...

Thank you. I will be recommending this to others. It was a very good workshop and got me thinking and gave me some really good nuggets for future development. I want to look at working from home full time and utilize my expertise that I have and share with others. Sandra N. (Administrator)

This workshop is for Albertans who are:

Unemployed
Underemployed
Employed part-time
Employed on short-terms contracts
Employed casually, on-call or seasonally
Self-employed freelancer, contractor or consultant
Have an English proficiency of CLB 7-8 or IELTS 6-6.5

This is one of three workshops covering topics to help you understand and succeed in the world of non-traditional work. Check out the other two workshops:

Branch Out™ with Non-Traditional Work – It Can Work For You!
Branch Out™ with a Portfolio Career - Earn a Living Income Streaming

This workshop is funded by:

The Province of Alberta is working in partnership with the Government of Canada to provide employment support programs and services.

The Branch Out™ Workshop Series is the intellectual property of:

Frequently asked questions

What is an independent worker?

Independent workers are self-employed freelancers, contractors or consultants?

How does this workshop help Albertans?

This workshop helps Albertans get set up to become self-employed from choosing a business structure to negotiating their contracting rates.

Can I come to one day of the two day workshop?

No. You must be able to commit to both days in order to attend.

What does my language benchmark need to be to attend?

We suggest a language benchmark of CLB 7-8 or IELTS 6-6.5

Organized by

Purposeful Careers

In our Branch Out Workshop Series, we equip Albertans to meet their personal, career and financial goals through leveraging opportunities in the non-traditional workforce. In this workshop series, you learn how to align to the changing needs of employers and growing opportunities in the non-traditional workforce. You learn how to land a job faster, set up an independent career or leverage a portfolio career of multiple income streams by combining part-time jobs, multiple contracts, side hustle gigs or entrepreneurial ventures.

Albertans report that non-traditional work helped them build experience and skills, get their foot in the door of a company, add to their income streams, increase their network, meet their need for a flexible work schedule and test drive their entrepreneurial spirit. Albertans who are skilled at navigating traditional and non-traditional workforce trends also report having better career resiliency and feel they can better maintain income and employment during shifts in the labour market.

Purposeful Careers is owned by Gail Kastning. It is a career services company in operation since 2007 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.