What percentage of millennials are freelancers according to the speaker?

Name: The Freelancer Movement
Uploaded: 2018-10-17T21:36:11Z
Channel: Matt Britton
Description: Matt Britton talks about why millennials are ditching traditional jobs for freelance work through platforms like Odesk and TaskRabbit. The gig economy is…

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The Freelancer Movement

17 Oct 2018

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Matt Britton talks about why millennials are ditching traditional jobs for freelance work through platforms like Odesk and TaskRabbit. The gig economy is reshaping how people build careers, moving away from the nine-to-five toward flexible, independent work.

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53% of all millennials are freelancers.

If you have a specialized skill set.
And you know how to market it.
With tools like Odesk or tools like TaskRabbit.
There are unlimited income opportunities, which is also making young.
People question their career path. Should I really go work at a.
Big company when companies are going bankrupt and doing layoffs.
And all sorts of things? When I can actually have a specialized skill set and.
Actually be become the CEO of me.
And actually market my skill set to people.
With unlimited income opportunities?
So that's what the free agent movement is.
People are not seeking careers anymore, they're seeking gigs. And this is actually growing.
53%.
Of all millennials now are freelancers, and I don't see that number going down anytime.