{"id":481931,"date":"2026-05-13T03:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/481931\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:45:08","slug":"gen-z-pros-embrace-portfolio-careers-as-side-hustles-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/481931\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Z pros embrace &#8216;portfolio careers&#8217; as side hustles surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chatgpt-advises-gurugram-engineer-on-side-hustle-income-options.jpg\" alt=\"Gen Z pros embrace 'portfolio careers' as side hustles surge\" title=\"Representative AI image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> BENGALURU: India&#8217;s Gen Z workforce is embracing what experts describe as &#8220;portfolio careers&#8221; &#8211; balancing multiple professional identities and income streams simultaneously. New research from LinkedIn shows that 75% of Gen Z entrepreneurs in India now manage multiple income streams, significantly higher than the 62% among Gen X entrepreneurs. The findings point to a growing preference among younger professionals for flexibility, autonomy and diversified sources of income. &#8220;We&#8217;re also seeing the rise of the &#8216;portfolio era&#8217;, with more professionals creating multiple income streams and redefining what a career can look like. This shift is making entrepreneurship more accessible than ever before,&#8221; said LinkedIn India country manager Kumaresh Pattabiraman.Rather than depending on a single full-time role, many professionals are simultaneously building businesses, freelancing, consulting, creating online content and monetising specialised skills through digital platforms. The trend comes amid a broader rise in entrepreneurial activity in India. LinkedIn recorded a 104% year-on-year increase in members adding &#8220;Founder&#8221; to their profiles &#8211; the highest growth among all global markets.AI is also emerging as a major enabler of this shift. The report found that 85% of Gen Z entrepreneurs consider AI and digital tools important to their business operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENGALURU: India&#8217;s Gen Z workforce is embracing what experts describe as &#8220;portfolio careers&#8221; &#8211; balancing multiple professional identities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[79,18,236,105897,210783,210781,19,17,210782,75321,91450,76864],"class_list":{"0":"post-481931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entrepreneurship","11":"tag-entrepreneurship-in-india","12":"tag-freelancing-and-consulting","13":"tag-gen-z-workforce","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-linkedin-research","17":"tag-multiple-income-streams","18":"tag-portfolio-careers","19":"tag-side-hustles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116565215149440584","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}