{"id":62780,"date":"2018-02-27T10:24:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T15:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=62780"},"modified":"2018-02-27T10:26:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T15:26:20","slug":"dc-are-our-students-ready-for-this-new-workplace-the-number-of-americans-working-for-themselves-could-triple-by-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/02\/27\/dc-are-our-students-ready-for-this-new-workplace-the-number-of-americans-working-for-themselves-could-triple-by-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"DC: Are our students ready for this new workplace? “The number of Americans working for themselves could triple by 2020”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of Americans working for themselves could triple by 2020<\/strong><\/a> — from work.qz.com by Amy Wang<\/p>\n

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Americans are as eager to work as ever. Just no longer for somebody else.<\/p>\n

According to FreshBooks, a cloud-based accounting company that has conducted a study on self-employment for two years, the number of Americans working for themselves looks to triple\u2014to 42 million people\u2014by 2020.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The trend, gauged in a survey of more than 2,700 full-time US workers in traditional, independent, and small business roles about their career plans, is largely being driven by millennial workers.<\/strong><\/span> FreshBooks estimates that of the next 27 million independent workers, 42% will be millennials. The survey, conducted with Research Now, also finds that Americans who already work for themselves are suddenly very content to keep doing so, with 97% of independent workers (up 10% from 2016) reporting no desire to return to traditional work.<\/p>\n

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\nWith the continued trend towards more freelancing and the growth of a more contingent workforce…have our students had enough practice in selling themselves and their businesses to be successful in this new, developing landscape?<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

We need to start offering more courses, advice, and opportunities for practicing these types of skills — and the sooner the better!\u00a0<\/strong> I’m serious. Our students will be far more successful with these types of skills under their belt. Conversely, they won’t be able to persuade others and sell themselves and their businesses without such skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

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