Here's A Job You Can Apply To... Freelancing
Three years ago, in pursuit of the dream of entrepreneurship, I stepped away for the first time from a full-time role at a great company. Without my realizing it at the time, this decision led my career on an unexpected trajectory - my transition to professional freelancer. A Forbes article last October predicted that we're likely headed for a workforce that is 50% freelance by 2027 . The prediction's largely based on an outsized increase in freelancers over the preceding 3-year period (8.1% growth, against just a 2.6% increase in full-time workers). These are statistics published by freelancing giant Upwork; I'd be curious as to how representative it is of the American workforce, since a significant percentage of freelancers on Upwork are international. Regardless, freelancing is on the upswing. Perhaps some of this can be attributed to millennials' proclivity toward flexible workplaces ; another factor could be easier access to self-serve healthcare benefits th...