Skilled Freelancers Now Earn More than 70% of Workers

Surprised? According to a new study released just this month by Upwork and Freelancers Union titled Freelancing in America 2019, freelancers performing a skilled services earn a median rate of $28 an hour, which is more than 70% of workers in the overall U.S. economy. The desire for flexibility is driving this huge growth with 57 million Americans now a part of the freelancer economy. That’s an additional 4 million people who chose to transition to freelance since 2014.

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How to Utilize On-Demand Staffing for the Holidays

Hiring for the holiday season is already well underway, and if you’re a brand supporting your retailer partners with staff, then you know how difficult it can be to hire and schedule such an enormous fleet of seasonal workers. When staffing, especially during the critical hiring season, it can be tough to create a balanced schedule to make sure you have enough talent in the right place at the right time.

Here’s where creating an on-demand workforce comes in to save your team valuable time and resources. An on-demand staffing model will allow you to tap into the skills of your entire workforce, both your existing employees and the flexible employees, while streamlining operations, cutting costs, increasing sales, and give you actionable data and insight in real-time to make better business decisions. 

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