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Why Companies Are Increasing Their Use of Contingent Labor

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Ardent Partners is an analyst firm focused on corporate procurement and as part of this brief they research and analyze the use of contingent labor (temps, contractors, consultants, etc.) And according to their research report The State of Contingent Workforce Management 2014-2015 this growth is going to continue.

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Upwork's 2017 Freelancing in America Study

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million, up from 53 million in 2014. For example, someone who works part-time at a start-up, manages an Airbnb and does freelance coding. Upwork and the Freelancers Union released their 2017 Freelancing in America study last week. This is the 4th year of this study. That's about 36 percent of the workforce.

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