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How to Think Differently About a Flexible Workforce - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CATALANT

Harvard Business Review

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. Economists Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger found that American workers in alternative work arrangements, including temp workers, increased by 9.4

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Why I Tell My MBA Students to Stop Looking for a Job and Join the Gig Economy

Harvard Business Review

Economists Larry Katz and Alan Krueger found that all of the net employment growth in the U.S. Another cause of the decline in jobs is that our engine of job growth has stalled. Beyond that core, however, companies face powerful economic and market incentives to keep full-time employee headcount low.

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