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The Freelancers Union and Elance - oDesk released a study showing that 34% of the American workforce freelances in some form. According to the study, 53 million Americans said they engaged in some form of freelance work in the past year. The study breaks these folks into 5 segments: "Independent Contractors" (40%, or 21.1 million) don’t have a traditional employer and do freelance, temporary or supplemental work on a project-to-project basis. Moonlighters” (27 percent, or 14.3 MORE
A recent survey by LinkedIn found that 70% of U.S. Most surveys show somewhere between 20% to 30% of independent workers use contract labor. The likely reason the LinkedIn results are higher is the industries they targeted in their survey. MORE
As part of this research, SNCR is doing a survey on this topic. If you are involved in the strategy or tactics related to the use of online video for your organization, please help out by taking a short survey. Click Here to Take the Survey. MORE
Back in 2011 when we first starting asking about this in surveys, we assumed the vast majority of independent workers would view self-employment as being less secure than having a traditional job. MORE
The Freelancers Union is conducting a survey on how freelancers work and live. The goals of the survey are to better understand how freelancers are changing the definition of success and how they are working with one another to improve their business outcomes. MORE
Intuit and Emergent Research (that's us) recently conducted a survey asking small business owners their views on the impact automation technology will have on their business over the next 5 years. Only 10% of SMB owners surveyed said automation technology would lead them to reduce staff. MORE
So we're just getting to a survey on side gigs that CareerBuilder released in September. Key quote from the survey press release : According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 29 percent of workers have a side hustle, a trend that is especially strong among the millennial demographic. MORE
The study is based on a survey of 2,675 adult Americans with a full-time job at companies with at least two employees. It shows that 52% of the full-time employees surveyed said they plan to postpone their retirement due to their financial situation. MORE
The report chart above (click to enlarge) illustrates this and shows that the companies surveyed are spending about the same amount on external service providers and external independent workers. MORE
They also reported more than half of surveyed small business owners plan to increase their use of non-employee talent over the next year. MORE
For the 2019 edition of this study, they surveyed over 7,300 business executives, HR leaders, and employees from around the world on a variety of talent and HR issues. The global human capital consulting and services firm Mercer recently released their annual Global Talent Trends study. MORE
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" As part of the study BCG surveyed 11,000 workers in 11 countries: the US, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Japan, India, Indonesia, China, and Brazil. BCG took a different approach to their survey than others have. MORE
According to a recent Intuit survey , about 60% of small businesses with fewer than 20 employees use outside accountants to help them with their taxes. The study chart below shows the answers given by the survey respondents. MORE
They also found their survey questions "did not work as intended" and resulted in a large number of false positives. The second driver of false positives comes from aspirational questions in surveys. The U.S. MORE
The invest and mutual fund firm T. MORE
As part of the broader Big Data for the Little Guy project, Intuit surveyed 500 small business owners to learn more about how they view big data and its potential. The survey asked for their top reason, but I'm sure if they had been asked to list all the potential barriers most of these would be listed by most of the respondents. MORE
adults say they have ever used a ride-hailing service such as Uber or Lyft, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in fall 2018. Pew Research recently did a study on the use of ride sharing services by Americans. MORE
The study - Work orientations, well-being and job content of self-employed and employed professionals - was conducted by professors from the Universities of Sheffield and Exeter and based on surveys of 5,000 workers in the UK, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. MORE
Bankrate recently released a survey showing that 37% of Americans have some sort of side job. The survey was of adult Americans , of which there are about 250 million. This means the survey found about 92 million Americans have side hustles. MORE
One recent survey showed 54 percent of Americans say they would have trouble paying their bills if they were forced to go without more than two paychecks and 20% say they would have trouble if they missed one paycheck. In fact, 20% of the online work and talent platform users we surveyed reported they turned to online gig work due to a financial hardship. Recently MORE
According to a recent Job Creators Network Foundation survey , "Sixteen-percent of Americans say they are likely to start a new business in 2019." This is an example of the false positive problem with survey data. MORE
Key quote: According to pre-event survey data, respondents gave the selected drivers of business agility. As noted by the survey results. After posting on corporations looking to increase their agility on Tuesday, we found two new reports on business agility in our mailbox on Wednesday. MORE
178 Rural America rising: why professionals are moving to the countryside , an article on the study, provides a good explanation of why people are moving to small towns: Surveying Minnesota realtors and the new arrivals themselves. MORE
Our friends at Deskmag have released the 3rd annual global coworking survey. Last year over 1500 people from 20+ countries filled out the survey. So if you work or have worked at coworking space please take 5-10 minutes and fill out the survey. Click here to take the survey. We'd like even more this year. The data is extremely useful for everyone associated with coworking. And, of course, Deskmag will be making the results public. MORE
132 Getting somewhat lost in the debates around the results from the BLS's 2017 Contingent and Alternative Employment Arrangements survey (CWS) are several interesting findings about independent contractors. The BLS defines independent contractors as someone who is self-employed and their primary job is as an independent contractor, independent consultant or freelance worker. Key findings for this segment include: 1. 79 MORE
Since this data is based on a survey of independent workers who provide services to businesses, the list is dominated by highly skilled knowledge work categories. We're often asked what the most popular professions are for freelancers and independent workers. MORE
of the respondents of our annual independent worker survey. To the best of our knowledge, this was the first time coworking blipped on a national, statistically significant survey of any kind. This survey was conducted a few months after our survey. But these surveys reflect populations of 17 million in the case of our independent worker survey and roughly 22 million in the case of the micro business survey. MORE
Making Ends Meet: The Role of Informal Work in Supplementing Americans’ Income looked at data from the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Household Economics and Decision Making (SHED). The BLS 2017 Alternative Employment Arrangement Survey results even showed the share of U.S. MORE
Some of the key survey findings from our coworking space member research show that: 87% of respondents report that they meet other members for social reasons, with 54% saying they socialize with other members after work and/or on weekends. MORE
The Fiscal Times article This Is Why Freelancing Is the Hot Work Trend covers a Staples survey showing that 12 percent of office workers do freelance work on the side in addition to their regular job. Key quote on why they freelance: Top drivers for freelancers include the flexibility to make their own hours (cited by 37 percent of those surveyed) and work-life balance (32 percent). A total of 1,528 employees were surveyed in the U.S., MORE
Marketplace and Edison research recently released Americans and the Gig Economy, a survey of gig workers. The survey covered a lot of ground, including finding about 24% of American 18 and older are gig workers. MORE
Several recent surveys focused on the pay rates on income of independent and freelance writers. The Authors Guild’s 2018 Author Income Survey collected pay data from over 5,000 published book authors. The second survey comes from The Make a Living Writing blog. MORE
According to The Infinite Dial 2019 , an annual survey conducted by Edison Research and Triton Digital, more than half of all adult Americans have listened to one. In case you hadn't heard, podcasting is booming. MORE
Census 2014 Survey of Entrepreneurs. Regular readers may remember back in 2014 we reported on a survey that said most small businesses are started with less than $10,000. The data from the 2014 survey was for small businesses with fewer than 50 employees. MORE
Despite the impressive numbers, the press has been reporting that the Pew survey found few Americans are participating in the on-demand economy. Most of the media is not positive about the on-demand economy. MORE
Based on data from the Federal Reserve Board's annual Survey of Household Economics and Decision Making (SHED) study , it included those who work in the gig economy to supplement their primary source of income as well as those who work occasionally or sporadically. This study found "28 percent of adults age 18 and older participated in informal work for pay during the survey reference month." MORE
Annual Survey of Entrepreneur s, the median U.S. According to data from the 2014 U.S. employer small business (those with paid traditional employees) generates less than $400k in revenue. MORE
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) caused quite a stir yesterday with the release of their 2017 Contingent and Alternative Employment Arrangement (CWS) survey results. workforce was slightly smaller than they reported the last time the survey was done, which was 13 years ago. MORE
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Small Business Labs
JULY 10, 2018
Bankrate recently released a survey showing that 37% of Americans have some sort of side job. The survey was of adult Americans , of which there are about 250 million. This means the survey found about 92 million Americans have side hustles.
Small Business Labs
JUNE 8, 2018
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) caused quite a stir yesterday with the release of their 2017 Contingent and Alternative Employment Arrangement (CWS) survey results. workforce was slightly smaller than they reported the last time the survey was done, which was 13 years ago.
Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Morning Consult's In a Robust Job Market, Gig Workers Satisfaction on a Par With Wider Workforce covers the results of their recent survey of employed Americans. Morning Consult also provides their questions and a detailed set of survey crosstab results.
Small Business Labs
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
So we're just getting to a survey on side gigs that CareerBuilder released in September. Key quote from the survey press release : According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 29 percent of workers have a side hustle, a trend that is especially strong among the millennial demographic.
Small Business Labs
AUGUST 2, 2018
Dog food manufacturer Purina recently released the results of a survey of dog owners. Not surprising to anyone who has followed the pet humanization trend , 95% of dog owners say their dog is part of the family.
Small Business Labs
JUNE 14, 2018
Getting somewhat lost in the debates around the results from the BLS's 2017 Contingent and Alternative Employment Arrangements survey (CWS) are several interesting findings about independent contractors. The BLS defines independent contractors as someone who is self-employed and their primary job is as an independent contractor, independent consultant or freelance worker. Key findings for this segment include: 1. 79
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 23, 2017
The RideShare Guy released their 2017 Survey Results: Driver Earnings, Satisfaction and Demographics. This confirms something we see across all our survey work on the gig economy.
Small Business Labs
MAY 15, 2014
The Freelancers Union is conducting a survey on how freelancers work and live. The goals of the survey are to better understand how freelancers are changing the definition of success and how they are working with one another to improve their business outcomes.
Small Business Labs
APRIL 11, 2019
According to The Infinite Dial 2019 , an annual survey conducted by Edison Research and Triton Digital, more than half of all adult Americans have listened to one. In case you hadn't heard, podcasting is booming.
Small Business Labs
MARCH 19, 2019
Since this data is based on a survey of independent workers who provide services to businesses, the list is dominated by highly skilled knowledge work categories. We're often asked what the most popular professions are for freelancers and independent workers.
Small Business Labs
MAY 8, 2013
of the respondents of our annual independent worker survey. To the best of our knowledge, this was the first time coworking blipped on a national, statistically significant survey of any kind. This survey was conducted a few months after our survey. But these surveys reflect populations of 17 million in the case of our independent worker survey and roughly 22 million in the case of the micro business survey.
Small Business Labs
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
The European online talent marketplace Malt and the European Forum for Independent Professionals recently released Freelancing in Europe , a study based on a survey of close to 1,000 European freelancers.
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 7, 2019
Making Ends Meet: The Role of Informal Work in Supplementing Americans’ Income looked at data from the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Household Economics and Decision Making (SHED). The BLS 2017 Alternative Employment Arrangement Survey results even showed the share of U.S.
Small Business Labs
MAY 31, 2016
Despite the impressive numbers, the press has been reporting that the Pew survey found few Americans are participating in the on-demand economy. Most of the media is not positive about the on-demand economy.
Small Business Labs
APRIL 2, 2019
The study is based on a survey of 2,675 adult Americans with a full-time job at companies with at least two employees. It shows that 52% of the full-time employees surveyed said they plan to postpone their retirement due to their financial situation.
Small Business Labs
MARCH 4, 2019
For the 2019 edition of this study, they surveyed over 7,300 business executives, HR leaders, and employees from around the world on a variety of talent and HR issues. The global human capital consulting and services firm Mercer recently released their annual Global Talent Trends study.
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 24, 2019
According to a recent Intuit survey , about 60% of small businesses with fewer than 20 employees use outside accountants to help them with their taxes. The study chart below shows the answers given by the survey respondents.
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 3, 2019
According to a recent Job Creators Network Foundation survey , "Sixteen-percent of Americans say they are likely to start a new business in 2019." This is an example of the false positive problem with survey data.
Small Business Labs
AUGUST 22, 2013
Interesting results from a survey from the media company Hulafrog show that most Moms want to work part-time. The survey results are summarized in the infographic below. One important point is the survey is not based on a statistical sample of U.S.
Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
The Freelancers Union and Elance - oDesk released a study showing that 34% of the American workforce freelances in some form. According to the study, 53 million Americans said they engaged in some form of freelance work in the past year. The study breaks these folks into 5 segments: "Independent Contractors" (40%, or 21.1 million) don’t have a traditional employer and do freelance, temporary or supplemental work on a project-to-project basis. Moonlighters” (27 percent, or 14.3
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 22, 2019
Several recent surveys focused on the pay rates on income of independent and freelance writers. The Authors Guild’s 2018 Author Income Survey collected pay data from over 5,000 published book authors. The second survey comes from The Make a Living Writing blog.
Small Business Labs
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Marketplace and Edison research recently released Americans and the Gig Economy, a survey of gig workers. The survey covered a lot of ground, including finding about 24% of American 18 and older are gig workers.
Small Business Labs
DECEMBER 18, 2012
As part of the broader Big Data for the Little Guy project, Intuit surveyed 500 small business owners to learn more about how they view big data and its potential. The survey asked for their top reason, but I'm sure if they had been asked to list all the potential barriers most of these would be listed by most of the respondents.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 24, 2012
Our friends at Deskmag have released the 3rd annual global coworking survey. Last year over 1500 people from 20+ countries filled out the survey. So if you work or have worked at coworking space please take 5-10 minutes and fill out the survey. Click here to take the survey. We'd like even more this year. The data is extremely useful for everyone associated with coworking. And, of course, Deskmag will be making the results public.
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 14, 2019
adults say they have ever used a ride-hailing service such as Uber or Lyft, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in fall 2018. Pew Research recently did a study on the use of ride sharing services by Americans.
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 21, 2016
The Fiscal Times article This Is Why Freelancing Is the Hot Work Trend covers a Staples survey showing that 12 percent of office workers do freelance work on the side in addition to their regular job. Key quote on why they freelance: Top drivers for freelancers include the flexibility to make their own hours (cited by 37 percent of those surveyed) and work-life balance (32 percent). A total of 1,528 employees were surveyed in the U.S.,
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Key quote: According to pre-event survey data, respondents gave the selected drivers of business agility. As noted by the survey results. After posting on corporations looking to increase their agility on Tuesday, we found two new reports on business agility in our mailbox on Wednesday.
Small Business Labs
JUNE 24, 2010
As part of this research, SNCR is doing a survey on this topic. If you are involved in the strategy or tactics related to the use of online video for your organization, please help out by taking a short survey. Click Here to Take the Survey.
Small Business Labs
AUGUST 28, 2018
A recent survey by LinkedIn found that 70% of U.S. Most surveys show somewhere between 20% to 30% of independent workers use contract labor. The likely reason the LinkedIn results are higher is the industries they targeted in their survey.
Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Census 2014 Survey of Entrepreneurs. Regular readers may remember back in 2014 we reported on a survey that said most small businesses are started with less than $10,000. The data from the 2014 survey was for small businesses with fewer than 50 employees.
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 29, 2019
One recent survey showed 54 percent of Americans say they would have trouble paying their bills if they were forced to go without more than two paychecks and 20% say they would have trouble if they missed one paycheck. In fact, 20% of the online work and talent platform users we surveyed reported they turned to online gig work due to a financial hardship. Recently
Small Business Labs
AUGUST 16, 2018
Rural America rising: why professionals are moving to the countryside , an article on the study, provides a good explanation of why people are moving to small towns: Surveying Minnesota realtors and the new arrivals themselves.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 20, 2016
Annual Survey of Entrepreneur s, the median U.S. According to data from the 2014 U.S. employer small business (those with paid traditional employees) generates less than $400k in revenue.
Small Business Labs
APRIL 24, 2018
Intuit and Emergent Research (that's us) recently conducted a survey asking small business owners their views on the impact automation technology will have on their business over the next 5 years. Only 10% of SMB owners surveyed said automation technology would lead them to reduce staff.
Small Business Labs
MAY 15, 2018
The report chart above (click to enlarge) illustrates this and shows that the companies surveyed are spending about the same amount on external service providers and external independent workers.
Small Business Labs
JULY 31, 2018
Back in 2011 when we first starting asking about this in surveys, we assumed the vast majority of independent workers would view self-employment as being less secure than having a traditional job.
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 30, 2018
It was based on a gig economy survey they conducted with Marist Poll. The highlights from their survey are: NPR/Marist Poll Highlights. Overall the survey results are consistent with the growing number of other gig economy surveys.
Small Business Labs
MARCH 19, 2018
The study - Work orientations, well-being and job content of self-employed and employed professionals - was conducted by professors from the Universities of Sheffield and Exeter and based on surveys of 5,000 workers in the UK, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 1, 2018
They also found their survey questions "did not work as intended" and resulted in a large number of false positives. The second driver of false positives comes from aspirational questions in surveys. The U.S.
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 10, 2019
Based on data from the Federal Reserve Board's annual Survey of Household Economics and Decision Making (SHED) study , it included those who work in the gig economy to supplement their primary source of income as well as those who work occasionally or sporadically. This study found "28 percent of adults age 18 and older participated in informal work for pay during the survey reference month."
Small Business Labs
APRIL 12, 2018
The invest and mutual fund firm T.
Small Business Labs
JULY 26, 2018
They also reported more than half of surveyed small business owners plan to increase their use of non-employee talent over the next year.
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 17, 2018
Some of the key survey findings from our coworking space member research show that: 87% of respondents report that they meet other members for social reasons, with 54% saying they socialize with other members after work and/or on weekends.
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