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The Long Term Shift to Contract Labor by Small Businesses

Small Business Labs

This is up from $64.8 Spending on salaries and wages grew from $73.7 Spending on salaries and wages grew from $73.7 the spending on traditional employee salaries and wages from 2010 to 2018. In 2003 contract labor about 20% of total labor costs of sole proprietors. billion in 2017 and just $34.4 billion in 2010.

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Use of Contract Labor by Small Businesses Continues to Grow

Small Business Labs

in 2016, up from $34.4   Over the same period, spending on salaries and wages (meaning traditional employees) rose from $73.7   Way back in 2003, contract labor was only about 20% of the labor costs of sole proprietors. .  As the chart below shows, U.S. sole proprietors spent about $56.8 billion in 2010.

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Is College Still Worth It?

Success

College up-close in 2022 doesn’t really resemble the “college” in our minds. the ongoing Great Resignation); and for higher education institutions themselves, which are increasingly struggling to justify astronomical tuitions and which, according to studies, overestimate their debt-burdened graduates’ entry-level salaries by 100%.

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Use of Contract Labor by Sole Proprietors Surging

Small Business Labs

  Over the same period salary and wage expense increased only 10.7%. In 2013 contract labor was 36% of total labor costs, up from 31% in 2010 and just 20% in 2003.  .  As the chart below shows, sole proprietor contract labor expenses increased 38% between 2010 and 2013. 

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The Laws of Khaki Revealed

On The Job

As for some items I think you might find of interest: * Tuck in your shirt and stand up straight: Many men seem to be confused about what to wear to work when the dress code is casual (why else would anyone think Crocs were OK??), but Esquire magazine does a terrific job in its latest issue to illuminate more males about what is appropriate.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

With their technology skills and great social networking abilities, GenY ( born roughly between 1980-2003) previously have found employers willing to meet their expectations. This is now a more grown up generation,” says Dan Finnigan, CEO of Jobvite. Today, more than 50 percent of candidates say they will take the salary offered.

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