by Lee Miller, Star-Ledger
Nancy Shenker, founder and CEO of the ON Switch, predicts that fewer people will invest in any one company or career. Due to continued economic uncertainty, distrust of big companies and a desire for a better work/life balance, people will increasingly opt to work several jobs at the same time as well as serially, giving rise to what she calls the “Patchwork Professional.” Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, author of upcoming book “Society 3.0: How Technology Is Reshaping Education, Work and Society,” notes that the trend toward multiple employers with many individuals working as freelancer will be propelled by the proliferation of virtual organizations enabling work from remote as well as an increasing use of contract employees. Telecommuting is up 400 percent, she notes, and by 2015 she estimates there will be 14 million freelancers.
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2012/01/post_149.html
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