What we’ve witnessed in recent years is a dramatic shift from traditional 9–5 full-time employment to more freelancing, part-time, and contract roles. …

Jobs are changing, and in the new world of 2021, the needs of businesses are quickly evolving. As part of that evolution, workers that are used to an 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. schedule are going the freelance route. With more than 59 million Americans performing freelance work last year…

We all may be familiar with a freelancer who works for a company on a one-off project basis — someone you hire from a talent platform, assign a project, and their work for you is done. Instead, these past few years have seen the rise of a new type of…

Hiring freelancers has become more and more popular with just about every time and size of company. An incredible 59 million Americans performed freelance work this year, representing 36% of the U.S. workforce, an increase of 2 million freelancers since 2019. More managers are realizing the benefits that freelancers can…

This past year, the Gig Economy has progressed way beyond drivers for Uber or Lyft, and now consists of a more diverse and skilled workforce. With the pandemic, more than ever, the Gig Economy has gone mainstream. This includes companies of all sizes. With the opportunity to take advantage of…

The Gig Economy has shown itself to be extremely valuable to startups who want to grow quickly and build targeted elements of their business in a super flexible way. This surge of freelance workers shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, a survey by Braintrust found that 85% of…

Why We’re Building a Total Freelancer Management and Payments Platform At AllWork, our mission has always been to “build the future of flexible work” and to help companies more efficiently manage a more flexible workforce. Until recently, this has meant helping companies manage and pay large groups of hourly workers…

I just returned from the Staffing Industry Analyst annual Gig Economy conference in San Diego and here is a brief summary of what I learned. …

On-demand staffing, the idea that companies can engage their staff only when they need them and where they need them, is poised for a breakout year in 2018. Pioneered by Uber and refined by many technology-enabled staffing platforms that provide on-demand services to consumers, the game is now shifting to…