Cell phones didn’t eradicate telephone calls, but when did you last use a rotary phone?
While companies continue to tighten their belts, lay people off, and cut full-time positions, the gig economy is growing. As a result, contractors and companies are finding the flexible talent model to be a sustainable approach to the current employment landscape.
The rise of the gig economy has revolutionized the way we think about work and employment. As more and more people seek flexible work arrangements and more companies turn to contract workers to fill staffing gaps, augment team skillsets, or for specialized projects, freelance marketplaces are becoming an increasingly crucial component of the modern economy.
If you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months, you may not have heard the news about the wide-sweeping layoffs. Downsizing has happened even across industries previously thought of as flourishing or stable. As a result, many of those affected by the term-du-jour “employee headcount reductions” have started to consider working flexibly as contractors and navigating from full-time to freelance.
2020 was a long year for Baby Boomers and other older generations.
Before the Industrial Revolution, humans worked just as much as they needed to survive.
Flexible workers often find themselves buried in work due to overcommitment.
Small businesses need help- and lots of it.
These days, freelancers know what they want, and they’re not afraid to hold out until they get it.
In 2020, traditional office workers got a taste of what freedom is like.