For example, in addition to getting the necessary degrees and having the applicable workplace experience, you also need to learn more and more about how to function as an independent consultant or contractor instead of a traditional employee. Take a closer look.
Wage Earners Out, Independent Contractors
"40% is the segment of the U.S. workforce predicted to be independent contractors by 2019, up from 26% today" Source: Time Magazine, May 25, 2009
"The Way We'll Work"
"Ten years ago, Facebook didn't exist. Ten years before that, we didn't have the web. So, who knows what jobs will be born a decade from now? Though unemployment is at a 25-year high, work will eventually return. But, it won't look the same. No one is going to pay you to show up. We will see more flexible, more freelance, more collaborative and far less secure work world. It will be run by a generation with new values." Source: Time Magazine, May 25, 2009
"40% is the segment of the U.S. workforce predicted to be independent contractors by 2019, up from 26% today" Source: Time Magazine, May 25, 2009
"The Way We'll Work"
"Ten years ago, Facebook didn't exist. Ten years before that, we didn't have the web. So, who knows what jobs will be born a decade from now? Though unemployment is at a 25-year high, work will eventually return. But, it won't look the same. No one is going to pay you to show up. We will see more flexible, more freelance, more collaborative and far less secure work world. It will be run by a generation with new values." Source: Time Magazine, May 25, 2009
As you can see, low cost, workplace flexibility and, most of all, paying for productivity (not how many hours you work or a pre-determined salary) are behind the trends. Given such trends, it's safe to say that, due to the application of technology applications and platforms, the mainstream workplace is slowly transitioning away from employee-based toward more independent contractor and independent consultant type work and this is putting continuous downward pressure on wages and the standard of living for the average worker/consumer.
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