This story was translated from Dutch (original text below). ‘My job at Tupperware started as a joke. I was unemployed for a while and had just hosted a Tupperware party. My friend joked that I would be a good salesperson. First, I did not feel anything for it. I remembered such parties first and foremost…
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Wilbert Van de Kamp, Entrepreneur in the Netherlands
Wilbert van de Kamp, Entrepreneur in The Netherlands The story was translated from Dutch (original text below). ‘We are a generation that creates its own jobs, instead of stepping into existing ones’, Wilbert told me some time ago. Now, he had turned this into reality. He works as a freelancer for a broad spectrum of…
Amelie, PhD student in the UK
Amelie is a British PhD student in Neuroscience. We asked her to provide some insight into the life of a PhD student, the difficulties she has faced, and how the lines between student and work blur when you are a PhD student. This asks: should PhD students be entitled to the same rights as an…