It wasn’t long ago that the majority of the US workforce held traditional, ‘9-5’ jobs. We took a job in our early 20’s, and were expected to stay there for years – ideally until retirement. Today’s workforce is far more fragmented. While most people are still engaged in some form of traditional employment, other types of work arrangements are quickly gaining in popularity. For instance, would it surprise you to learn that just over a third of the US workforce did some form of freelance work over the past year? We often think of freelancing as simple contract work, however freelancing can take a…

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