Success

MAY 22, 2022

Frank grew up a “hardcore art kid” in Guilderland, New York, but gravitated toward science at Brown University and then to a lab. Subsequently, he temped as an illustrator for a big ad agency, where he learned early versions of Flash and code-based animation. “I From there it just blew up,” he says. That got lonely. No problem.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 5, 2012

  2012 will see more small businesses recognize and take advantage of this key competitive advantage.   This growing ability to network, collaborate and socialize is making independent work more attractive, and 2012 will see the trend towards independent work continue to grow.    Technology Trends.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

annual rate over the decade from 2012 to 2022. And over a 10 year period, growing faster by 2% per year adds up. The key SIA forecast is that U.S. temporary services employment will grow at a 3.1%   While 3.1% doesn't sound like much, the U.S. over this time frame.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In 2012 there were 23.5   While looking through the data we were struck by the extent of the growth in the usage of contract labor - contingent workers such as freelancers, independent contractors, temps, etc. -   by sole proprietors.  In 2013 there were a bit over 24 million sole proprietors reporting about $1.34

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The focus of the study was to figure out how many independent workers (freelancers, temps, solopreneurs, independent consultants, etc.) million in 2012. million in 2012. Compared with 2011, satisfaction was up, concerns about the challenges of being independent (lack of consistent income, job security, lack of benefits, etc.)

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 13, 2012

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.  This is up from the 24% they found in last year's study.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 15, 2012

 The Economic Policy Institute's The Class of 2012 lays out how the job situation is for those 25 and younger.  The underemployment rates includes unemployed workers plus those who are working part time but want full-time work (“involuntary” part-timers), and those who want a job but have given up looking.

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