Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

  The report: " presents a detailed analysis of changes in the digital content of 545 occupations covering 90 percent of the U.S. The analysis categorizes U.S. occupations into jobs that require high, medium or low digital skills and tracks the impacts of rapid change." workforce in all industries since 2001.

2002 175

2002 2001 2016 Skills 175

Small Business Labs

MAY 13, 2019

Deloitte has become, in our opinion, one of the key go-to sources of information and analysis on the future of work. Their recent article Redefining work, workforces, and workplaces is a good example. "   As the article chart above shows (click to enlarge), they focus on three main areas: work, workforce and workplace.

Skills 242

Skills Management 242

Small Business Labs

MAY 8, 2018

This is especially true for independents with in-demand skills. Because of these factors, we've seen an increase in the number of highly skilled independent workers over the past 8 years.   We'll have more on this topic once we finish the analysis of the data from the 2018 MBO Partners State of Independence study.

2018 169

2018 2017 2010 2016 169

Small Business Labs

JULY 12, 2018

These are independent workers who would prefer a traditional job (cluster analysis is used to identify this group). The strong economy and talent shortages mean highly skilled independent workers are more in demand and can charge more for their services (click to enlarge the chart below).

2018 154

2018 2017 2012 AT&T 154

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 29, 2017

This is due to the outside contractor having specialized skills, or simply being available. These projects often require a team of people with specialized skills to complete a variety of tasks. That person could be could be a traditional employee, or it could be a outside contractor. Increasingly, it's an outside contractor.

Agencies 145

Agencies Skills International AT&T 145

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2014

  As part of the 2014 State of Independence research we conducted a cluster analysis looking at why people become and stay independent workers (self-employed, freelancers, etc.). Independent workers describe fulfilling work as work that engages them by matching their skills, interests and abilities.

2014 100

2014 AT&T Goals Skills 100

Small Business Labs

APRIL 17, 2013

.   It's beyond the scope of this blog to fully cover this topic, but there are two new books well worth reading that do cover it: Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data  does an excellent job of describing the basics around statistical causation and the limitations of statistical analysis in layman's terms.

AT&T 100

AT&T Skills Learning UPS 100