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Upwork's 2017 Freelancing in America Study

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Upwork and the Freelancers Union released their 2017 Freelancing in America study last week. The key finding is the estimated number of freelancers continued to grow in 2017, reaching 57.3 million in 2016 to 32.8 million in 2017.  million in 2017 from 19.1 million in 2016.

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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.)  Key quote from the report: Ardent predicts by the end of 2017, nearly 45% of the world's total workforce will be contingent.

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