Career diversity is the practice of working professionals cultivating multiple careers at the same time rather than making a job transition. The term was originally coined by Robert Echevarria on the popular business networking website LinkedIn

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, which gives his careers as mortgage planner/author

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 Marci Alboher in her book One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success.

The concept of career diversity was further brought into the light of modern employment when a June 2007 article in BusinessWeek

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interviewed Alboher about juggling professions.