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Follow the Science: Ze Frank Teaches Us True Facts and Life Lessons

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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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Top Ten Small Business Trends for 2012

Small Business Labs

  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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The Staffing Industry Analysts Temp Worker Forecast

Small Business Labs

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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Use of Contract Labor by Sole Proprietors Surging

Small Business Labs

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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2nd Annual MBO Partners State of Independence Study

Small Business Labs

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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Is Freelancing More Secure Than Traditional Employment?

Small Business Labs

One of the more interesting data points from the MBO Partners State of Independence surveys is how independent workers (freelancers, temps, self-employed, etc.)   In our 2012 survey, 39% of the respondents said independent work is more secure than traditional employment. look at job security.

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News on the Growing Contingent Workforce

Small Business Labs

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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