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Survey: 1 in 3 Americans are Freelancers

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The Freelancers Union and Elance - oDesk released a study showing that 34% of the American workforce freelances in some form.   Back in 2010 in partnership with Intuit we released a forecast saying by 2020 40% of the U.S. The study breaks these folks into 5 segments: "Independent Contractors" (40%, or 21.1

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The Two Types of Portfolio Careers

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 According to this year's survey results from the MBO Partners State of Independence study about 40% of all adult Americans have spent part of their careers self-employed and we're forecasting 50% will have by 2020.   This is why we suggest that everyone should plan for self-employment.

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