Gig Economy
Gig Economy
How the Gig Economy Helps Boost Diversity
Online platforms for freelance workers provide an unparalleled opportunity to work with millions of people who aren't necessarily like you.
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How to Fight the Gender Pay Gap as a Self-Employed Woman -- and Maximize Your Income
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How This Freelance Approach Can Produce Full-Time Results
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Technology
How Blockchain Is Poised to Disrupt the Gig Economy
The next several years will see rapid adoption as market-shifts in employment continue.
The Way We Work
Why This Entrepreneur Thinks Uber Drivers Should Be His Employees
ShiftPixy founder Scott Absher is certain a reckoning is coming for gig-economy platforms that hire contractors to pinch pennies.
Gig Economy
Declaration of Independents: Thinking Beyond the Gig Economy
It might be time to stop calling it the 'gig economy.'
Entrepreneurs
5 Ways Everyone Can Achieve More by Thinking Like an Entrepreneur
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Gig Economy
Why the Government's Gig Economy Data Falls Short
A new Bureau of Labor Statistics study on freelancers misses the mark.
The Way We Work
Both Workplaces and Gig Economy Companies Are Killing People, This Stanford Professor Warns
'Dying for a Paycheck' author Jeffrey Pfeffer dispels the myths of gig work as a reprieve from the 9-to-5.
