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Use of Contract Labor by Small Businesses Continues to Grow

Small Business Labs

  The data covers business receipts, deductions, and net income reported by taxpayers on Schedule C of tax Form 1040. billion on contract labor (freelancers, temps, etc.) billion on contract labor (freelancers, temps, etc.) The IRS released their 2016 tax data on sole proprietors.  in 2016, up from $34.4

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22 Self-Improvement Gift Ideas for Personal Development Junkies

Success

True Temp weighted blanket For someone who likes the feeling of being hugged ever so gently while sleeping, this is the blanket. Sleep Number’s True Temp weighted blanket ($199) enhances the sleep experience by incorporating the relaxing effects of deep pressure stimulation for reduced stress and anxiety.

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Use of Contract Labor by Sole Proprietors Surging

Small Business Labs

This data covers business receipts, deductions, and net income reported by individual taxpayers on Schedule C of Form 1040. The IRS recently released the 2013 data on sole proprietors. This is how most independent workers and small businesses report business income for tax purposes. trillion in gross business receipts. . 

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Are Traditional Jobs Going to Disappear?

Small Business Labs

Regular readers know we believe the number of independent workers (freelancers, temps, etc.) Scale of some form is still a key competitive factor in most industries, which is why the Global Giants continue to grow. is going to continue to grow. Our reasons are: 1. These firms need the talent scale traditional employment provides.

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More Canadians Becoming Freelancers

Small Business Labs

  The shift towards freelancers, part-timers and other forms of contingent work are powerful and global.   From the article: "The jobs that are coming back are part-time and temporary. The latest data show that there is an ongoing loss of full-time and permanent jobs.

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Top Ten Small Business Trends for 2012

Small Business Labs

.  Senior Independents:   Also driving the growth of independent workers is the increasing number of mature workers (those aged 55+) becoming independent (freelancers, consultants, temps, etc.).     Smartphones, the Cloud and mobile computing have been on our top 10 lists in one form or another for years. 

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2022: My “Year” in Review

Productivityist

Plans have changed since then, but it was good for me to connect with Elizabeth (my Operations Assistant) to forge some form of plan forward. After years of meeting online, several of us who mastermind together met up in Tempe, Arizona to retreat together. We had a work retreat at the tail end of July here and it went well.

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