Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Upwork and the Freelancers Union released their 2017 Freelancing in America study last week. The key finding is the estimated number of freelancers continued to grow in 2017, reaching 57.3 million in 2017.  million in 2017 from 19.1 This is the 4th year of this study. million, up from 53 million in 2014.

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Success

JANUARY 11, 2023

Even microbusiness owners can benefit from an intern or temp. This article was published in July 2017 and has been updated. If a task feeds my priorities, my time is justified. Here’s how to prioritize. Someone else can and should take over certain tasks to save me time. Here’s how to delegate , the smart way.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 26, 2018

Bloomberg's Inside Google's Shadow Workforce covers the use by Google of what they call TVCs, or “temps, vendors and contractors" According to the article about half of Google's workforce is comprised of TVCs.    We've recently covered a number of studies confirming this.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 6, 2017

It began several years ago when I started working for Mr. H as a temp. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon. Then one day I discovered that every admin is valued and the true value of the profession of the administrative assistant! I’d like to share my journey of discovery with you. I told him, “I’ve never done this before.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Ardent Partners is an analyst firm focused on corporate procurement and as part of this brief they research and analyze the use of contingent labor (temps, contractors, consultants, etc.)  Key quote from the report: Ardent predicts by the end of 2017, nearly 45% of the world's total workforce will be contingent.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

As a systems thinker and strong proponent of ecosystem awareness, Vyas has been a Forbes influencer since 2017, writing and speaking about leadership, culture, strategy, transformational change and emotional intelligence. Her relocation to Canada in 2017 marked the beginning of an extraordinary entrepreneurial journey.

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