Prior to the great industrial revolution, in America, 80% of workers were self-employed and only 20% were actual ‘workers’ for a boss or company. This self employed number includes people who owned commercial farms, family businesses and shopkeepers. When the Industrial Revolution came, these numbers quickly reversed. For most of the last century in America 80% of people were workers while only 20% were self-employed.
Shockingly, those numbers are now changing again. Because of the Great Recession, (what many people are now calling this economic state that we’re currently in,) employers are laying off more people than ever and these people are finding new opportunities for freelancing. Even before the Great Recession, a government statistic showed over one third of Americans were ‘contingently employed’ (That’s the government fancy word for freelancing.) that number is currently growing more every day as shown by famous job freelancing site Elance. Their job postings for freelancers increased 52% in a single year.
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