by admin | Aug 2, 2018 | Employee Engagement, Freelance Workforce, Future of Work
Guest post by Kyle Sabraw There’s no arguing that the modern workplace has changed. Gone are the days of a 9-5, Monday through Friday desk job hidden inside of a cubicle. For better or for worse, our office has become wherever we happen to be. Fully 43% of employees...
by admin | Dec 7, 2017 | Freelance Workforce, Future of Work
Do you remember when freelancers were few and far between? It seemed like an unviable fad. “When are you going to get a real job?” freelancers were asked. Well, times have changed. As of 2016, freelancers made up 35% of U.S. workers. That’s 55...
by admin | Nov 30, 2017 | Freelance Workforce
Guest post by Rae Steinbach Thanks to the internet, it’s easier than ever to recruit employees from anywhere in the world. With a remote team, you can choose the best people for the job, instead of the best people from within a certain distance closeby. That being...
by admin | Dec 15, 2016 | Employee Engagement, Future of Work, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
Maritza manages a team of fifteen, five of which work from home. Recently, she’s noticed some of her in-office team showing signs of unhappiness and disengagement. Terry, an employee of eight years, has stopped contributing to group discussions almost entirely. Jamal...
by admin | Feb 12, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Freelance Workforce, Future of Work, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
The US freelance workforce is currently 53 million strong, and growing fast. In fact, right now freelancers make up 34% of our national workforce. Sarah Harowitz, executive director of Freelancers Union says, “This is an economic shift on par with the industrial...
