Freelancers Uk

Freelancers Uk

Freelancers Uk

Shift Happens is not the only site to warn that young people are being prepared for jobs that don’t yet exist; that world change is happening exponentially fast, and learners of 2010 will have 10-14 jobs before they are 40.

In November 2010 the Professional Contractors Group: PGC ‘the voice of freelancing in the UK’, held its first National Freelancers' Day to promote the career choice that increasing numbers of people are adopting as traditional job opportunities change, or disappear altogether. A message from the Prime Minister added official endorsement to the concept.

It’s not just the UK that is waking up to an emerging freelance workforce of around 1.4m. The USA recognises over 40 million ‘independent workers’, Canada has 2.7m people self-employed, France around 300,000, Australia 2.1m self employed (1m independent contractors), Italy at least half a million and The Netherlands about 9% of the total workforce.