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Contract Jobs Dominated Job Growth Since 2005

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job growth since 2005 has been in contracting gigs  covers a study by two noted academic economists that found all net employment growth in the U.S. economy since 2005 appears to have occurred in alternative work arrangements. in 2005 to 15.8% million in February 2005 to 23.6 million (66.5%) from 14.2

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The United Nation Reports There are 4.9 Billion Internet Users

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This, of course, means about 37% of the world's population are not Internet users, and not surprisingly, most of these folks are in developing countries.   The ITU report chart shows the growth in Internet users since 2005 (click to enlarge). The UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimates that 4.9

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It’s International Coworking Day — Learn About Its History, Plus Ways To Celebrate

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Software engineer Brad Neuberg is credited as the person who kicked off not just Coworking Day, but the whole coworking movement itself, when he blogged about the idea on August 9, 2005 : . Even today, the essence of coworking remains remarkably true to Brad’s 2005 vision:? . And Coworking Day was born. .

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Professional Services Business Applications from Freelancers Continued their 2020 Surge in January.

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As the chart below (click to enlarge) shows, professional services applications from independent workers (in blue) almost tripled over the past 15 years, growing from 140,365 in 2005 to 419,073 in 2020.   A key reason, of course, is the pandemic has more considering becoming independent workers.

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Living Buildings Are On The Way — The Future Office Will Breathe, Digest And Grow

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Of course, there have always been exceptions. HERE View this post on Instagram A post shared by Manas Bhatia (@manasbhatiadesign) At MIT in 2005, architects Mitchell Joachim, Javier Arbona and Lara Greden developed a hypothetical ecological home named Fab Tree Hab. Architect Yasmeen Lari also draws on Roman methods in their work.

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Arrr-guably Similar: How Coworking Channels The Rebel Spirit Of Pirates

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The emergence of coworking around 2005 provided an alternative lifestyle, too. Of course, the coworking movement has only strengthened in the last few years with the pandemic and shift in hybrid working practices supporting the demand for shared workspaces, community, and social interaction.

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The “World Footprints” Podcast Shares Untold Stories for Socially-Conscious Travelers

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Their 2005 wedding was like their proposal—at a distant destination—but this time it was in the tropical location of Bermuda. “We “Just about the time I started to get a little bit nauseous because of this prop plane, another plane comes by us in the opposite direction carrying a banner that says, ‘Marry me, Tonya. I heart you.’”

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