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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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Vanity Fair Covers the Contingent Worker Supplement to the Current Population Survey

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Vanity Fair's The Obama Administration Is Finally Getting Serious About the On-Demand Economy covers the plan by the Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to run the contingent worker supplement as part of the May 2017 current population survey.    In the forecasting world, we call this a signal.

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Academic Studies Show Gig Economy Larger Than Government Data Suggests

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.  Making Ends Meet: The Role of Informal Work in Supplementing Americans’ Income looked at data from the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Household Economics and Decision Making (SHED). The study found "28 percent of adults age 18 and older participated in informal work for pay during the survey reference month."

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Independent Workers Have Higher Satisfaction Levels than Traditional Job Holders

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The Conference Board recently released survey results that found "51 percent of U.S. The MBO Partners survey asked: "Please rate your overall satisfaction with being an independent worker." employees feel overall satisfied with their job." It found 72% of independent workers report being satisfied.

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Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey

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   As part of this research, SNCR is doing a survey on this topic. .   As    As part of this research, SNCR is doing a survey on this topic.   Click Here to Take the Survey. Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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What is Computational Anthropology?

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Actual behavioral data is increasingly available, reducing (but not eliminating) the use of other methods such as observational research and surveys. Near real-time data is used to measure revenue (receipts) per company, which is compiled into an index starting from 100 in January 2005 for each industry group.

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Over Half of Baby Boomers Plan to Work Past Traditional Retirement Age

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  Key quote from the survey results: Among professionals who plan to work past the traditional retirement age, strong majorities in all generations cited the past recession as an important factor in their decision.    The survey covers generational attitudes in the workplace and looks at Baby Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y. .