Thomas Jefferson imagined a nation of independent, self-reliant Americans who plowed their own fields and created their own destinies. And for a long time, that’s exactly what they did. In 1860, as ...

Half of the U.S. workforce will be freelancing by 2027. On the newest episode of The New Way We Work, we find out why independent work is attractive to Gen Z and what needs to change. Over the past ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the freelance revolution and the future workforce. As the freelancing world turns to prospects for 2024, many are ...

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Gen Z's shift toward the gig economy can present a double-edged. More than half (52%) of all Gen Z professionals surveyed freelanced in 2023, according to research from jobs-platform Upwork.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Many Americans worry about losing their jobs on a daily basis ...

Case closed; freelancing and solopreneurship are here to stay. Amidst a trying 2023 and 2024 that saw downsizing, diminished budgets, inflation, rising interest rates and global uncertainty, ...

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I had a lot of mixed emotions when I went freelance in 2017. Fear was the main one. It was a sort of bone-shaking terror that I was about to fall into an abyss of ...