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The Staffing Industry Analysts Temp Worker Forecast

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 The full report is only available to their clients, but they publicly released their high level forecast numbers. annual rate over the decade from 2012 to 2022. The recently released their 2022 employment projections and U.S. staffing industry forecast. The key SIA forecast is that U.S.   While 3.1%

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Use of Contract Labor by Sole Proprietors Surging

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This data covers business receipts, deductions, and net income reported by individual taxpayers on Schedule C of Form 1040. This is how most independent workers and small businesses report business income for tax purposes. In 2013 there were a bit over 24 million sole proprietors reporting about $1.34 In 2012 there were 23.5

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2nd Annual MBO Partners State of Independence Study

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MBO Partners has released the 2nd Annual State of Independence report. The focus of the study was to figure out how many independent workers (freelancers, temps, solopreneurs, independent consultants, etc.) million in 2012. 71% of the respondents reported having a high level of satisfaction with independent work.

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News on the Growing Contingent Workforce

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Lot's of recent news about the continued growth of the contingent workforce, which is the term the corporate world uses for what we call the independent workforce - freelancers, contractors, independent consultants, temps, etc.  Aberdeen Research reports that  26% of the average company’s workforce is contingent.

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Grim Job Market Continues for Young Americans

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 The Economic Policy Institute's The Class of 2012 lays out how the job situation is for those 25 and younger.  Data on this is hard to come by, but the report cites a study saying close to 40% of young college grads are in jobs that don't require a college degree.  For college grads the decline was 5.4%. .

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