Archive for July 2015
Direct Source and Engage Highly Skilled Independent Talent with Controlled Cost and Risk
This webinar, presented by MBO Partners and hosted by Spend Matters, features: Recent studies into the demographics of independent professionals and how they increasingly prefer self-employed status and direct engagement with clients How enabling direct sourcing of these workers can be a highly efficient alternative to the traditional staffing supply chain How integrated procurement models,…
Read MoreStartups Scramble to Define ‘Employee’
While there are no definitive statistics around the number of workers involved in the on-demand economy, consulting firm MBO Partners estimated 17.9 million people worked in 2014 as independents for 15 hours or more a week.
Read MoreWhy more workers are saying ëno thanksí to a full-time job
The number of independent workers increased by 12 percent in the past five years, and nearly 80 percent of those who work for themselves plan on remaining independent, according to a new report by MBO Partners. One in seven non-independent workers is considering going freelance. Nearly 80 percent of freelance workers say that theyíre happier…
Read MoreWhy Do People Become Freelancers?
Intuit INTU +1.6% projects that by 2020 40% of Americans will be freelancing, a study by the Freelancers Union found that†34% of the American workforce is already freelancing, and MBO Partners found that there are currently almost 18 million full-time independent workers today.
Read MoreIndependent Workforce And America’s New Economy
The [MBO] infographic contains data tracking the rise of the independent workforce in America and independent workersí changing lifestyles, motivations, and satisfaction over the last five years.
Read MoreThe Independent Workforce “Big Picture” – Services Procurement Professionals Take Note
Independent contractor engagement solution provider MBO Partners recently released initial findings and an infographic from its annual research, which add up to a “big picture” that services procurement and contingent workforce professionals cannot ignore.
Read MoreThis Is Why You Should Consider Dumping Your Traditional Job
According to the 2015 edition of the State of Independence report from MBO Partners, a business services company focusing on the self-employed, 79% of independent workers say they are happier working on their own. The full report will not be released until the fall, but Steve King, partner at the small business analysis firm Emergent…
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