Freelance World

The Future of Work

For most of the 20th Century we got used to the term “job for life”. It wasn’t uncommon for someone to spend their whole life with one company or organisation. You got a Gold Watch for 25 years service!

Towards the end of the century, however, things started to change. The advent of the internet and mobile communications meant that it was no longer necessary for everyone to have to commute to a central location (office) to do a job of work. It was a natural evolution then for the concept of freelancing, or self-employment, to take off.

And take off it did! In the UK now (2011) the freelance community is estimated at 1.4 million people. However, that’s nothing compared to what the experts predict will happen over the next decade.

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