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Contingent Workforce Booming

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Raj Sesha in buinesses, contingent workforce, contractors with Comments Disabled

Over the past year, Australia’s freelance market saw a surge of 370,000 workers – with a third of the national workforce now participating in contingent work.

A study by Upwork, an online freelancing platform found that 4.1 million people in Australia have done some form of freelance work in the past year.

Australian workers in freelance shift

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Raj Sesha in employment with Comments Disabled

Traditional working hours of 9 to 5 are being thrown out for more flexible arrangements and freelancing, as new research shows 92 per cent of Australians are looking for ways to supplement their income this year.

The Airtasker Future of Work Research Monitor January 2015, based on a representative survey by Pureprofile of 1,004 employed Australians nationwide, found 84.8 per cent strongly agree or moderately agree that: “The traditional employment model of the 9-5 office job is inflexible for workers in 2015 and into the future.”
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