by admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Freelance Workforce
A version of this article first appeared in Fast Company. According to a recent study by Upwork and the Freelancers Union, the most common places for freelancers to pick up work are friends and family (36%), professional contacts (35%), and online job platforms (29%)...
by admin | Jan 18, 2017 | Freelance Workforce, Future of Work, Purpose At Work
“We had gunfire in our Harlem neighborhood. We have daily gunfire here, but it’s from hunters and gun enthusiasts,” explains Hans Hageman, a creative marketing consultant and strategist. A New York native who remembers an earlier, grittier...
by admin | Feb 22, 2016 | Future of Work, Women in Workforce
I was fortunate enough to interview five female entrepreneurs who are actively building the future of work. For a quick introduction to these inspiring women, you can read, Pioneers of the Better Way: 5 Women Blaze a Trail Toward the Future of Work. Now I want to take...
by admin | Aug 6, 2015 | Baby Boomer, Diversity in Workforce, Freelance Workforce, Future of Work, Generational Differences at Work, Leadership Development, Management Tips, Women in Workforce
There are big changes coming to the American workforce. While many organizations are watching the economy, there’s another change — almost a revolution — quietly taking place right under our noses. That change is the massive shift in workplace demographics, with four...
by admin | Jul 16, 2015 | Baby Boomer, Diversity in Workforce, Freelance Workforce, Future of Work, Generation X, Generation Y
Freelancers Union and Elance-oDesk took a self-proclaimed deep dive into how Americans are putting together their work-lives. The resulting report, Freelancing in America: A National Survey of the New Workforce, spells out the fact that one of the four major United...
