
Job Sharing involves far more than just sharing work and hours. Job sharing is a complex world wherein the efforts of both people. Success or failure is attributed to both parties.
This course is an exploratory course designed for you to understand your working self and with that knowledge decide whether or not you could be suited to job sharing. At the very least, you are likely to learn about yourself in the workplace. The workplace self and the personal self are not necessarily the same.
Job sharing is many things to many people. What kind of job sharing suits you? Answer the questions and see what happens.
Know your why and, when the going gets tough, you'll march through it.
Give and take throughout this working experience is the norm. Each person needs to give up something and change in order to make this union work.
People think they can co-operate or see themselves as great collaborators until they get into job sharing. Then those involved begin to understand how little they know about true co-operation and collaboration.
Using strengths is a tricky proposition especially in job sharing. Can you pick and choose? Or would you opt for complementing - complementing each other's best strengths. How would you know? By knowing your own strengths you love to use and finding ways to work out the challenges between the two people who both need to shine.
Everyone has a different working style - a combination of characteristics. Working style is a learned attribute by, of course, working in an enterprise. Each person has a working style to which they lean the most. No one has a "pure" working style.
Check out the Partaker - can you identify?
Could you be the Independent one?
The Commander - sounds, well, commanding -
The Innovator - takes a special type to fill these shoes
Each of us has a little of some of the others in our style but when push comes to shove, we tend to lean into one more than the other. How would you describe your style?
Can be quite quiet yet pops up with the questions no one else has thought about asking.
Temperament is the real you. Working style is the you adopted to suit the circumstances. We have all seen incredible contradictions between the working person and the personal person. Is changing to adapt to your work a negative thing? Only the person living the dual lives can answer that question
The Talker - we know them well - sometimes charming and sometimes aggravating -
The Doers - can we keep up?
Quiet yet processing - seeing what others are not seeing -
The Thinker - thinks and thinks - needs that time to mull over the situations
Are you starting to get a picture of the working self? Are you writing things down as you unearth the parts which work well in a job share? It'll take time. Don't rush the process. Review. Re-write. Think.
There is a difference. Knowing the different parts can make your life easier or more complicated. Either way, knowing different parts can help tremendously in job sharing.
skills - usually we have a lot but don't realize it - which ones do we really like
Boundaries are not taught necessarily. However, when our boundaries are out of whack, we experience negative by-products and wonder why. With knowledge of your boundaries, you can live the life you want
Open, honest, clear and courageous communications will be essential - no tact, diplomacy or other such indirect communications - there will be no time - no energy for the indirect. Can you communicate that way? Can you be communicated to that way without taking offense?
Pandemic, business downturns or restructuring or a personal desire to go back to school, care for family members, or simply look and plan one's career while still working and earning income. What sacrifices are you willing to make? What is your adaptability quotient? How much change can you stand? And how much can you give up? Working with someone in a job share situation is challenging. So many elements are to be considered from the hours to pay and benefits and the mechanics of sharing a job successfully.
Job Sharing seems exciting and a way to free up hours for personal use while still earning an income. However, job sharing is not just a matter of sharing hours and tasks - there is much more to be considered.
Are you suited to job sharing? No one really can answer that question until they have job shared. However, this course will make you think about many aspects of your work life that you may have never considered before. By the end, you'll likely have your answer whether you should job share or not.
Working alone in most jobs, job sharing presents new challenges. Creating systems and procedures which will apply to the job share agreement, can be daunting because so many details have to be attended to. The process is almost like starting a new mini-company for two.
Yet the rewards of working out the processes and procedures for a successful working relationship can be many. For instance, you'll learn to work very closely with people successfully. You'll understand the anatomy of jobs much better because you'll need to dissect the job in order to split it up and yet keep the flow going. Communication in job sharing is very different and that took will teach you new ways of communicating. And personally, you'll grow tremendously. Not only will you have a chance to achieve your goals, but you'll be able to see the workplace in a much different way. Soft skills are the most desirable skills in the job market - here you'll hone them in ways you couldn't in any other job.