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Survey: pandemic driving influx of young, highly-skilled, first time freelancers

Sep 15, 2020

Upwork has released the results of “ Freelance Forward: 2020 ”, the most comprehensive study of the U.S. independent workforce, which found that a significant number of Americans freelanced during the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing $1.2 trillion to the economy. The increase was fueled in part by an influx of younger, highly-skilled professionals seeking flexible alternatives to traditional employment. They surveyed more...

HR Lancers Advice to Weather the Storm

May 04, 2020

HR lancers recently conducted its first member survey to crowdsource advice on how to make it through these challenging economic times. More than half of those surveyed (56.4%) say they have lost over 75% of their business. Only 15.4% say they have been unaffected. To help lancers who need more work these responses may prove helpful. We asked; What tips do you have to weather the storm caused by the virus outbreak?...