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2013 Independent Workforce Predictions [Infographic]

Women on Business

In a new infographic, MBO Partners shares five predictions for the independent workforce in 2013. Furthermore, Gene Zaino, CEO of MBO Partners, explains, “Professionals will use the independent work path to change, extend and grow their careers.

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Independent Work May Be Inevitable

Harvard Business Review

Productivity gains are not necessarily leading to job creation. Drilling down further, according to MBO Partners' State of Independence in America report , there is a rapidly growing subset of "independents" in the U.S., The recent global downturn has accelerated the growing trend toward some type of independent work. Layoffs are rife.

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Where Are All the Self-Employed Workers?

Harvard Business Review

A survey conducted for the past three years on behalf of MBO Partners , a provider of support services for independent workers, counts temp workers, on-call workers, and those on fixed-term contracts as “independent workers.” Given that the actual research commissioned by MBO says that there are now about 17.7 agriculture).

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The Management Thinker We Should Never Have Forgotten

Harvard Business Review

Build quality into a product throughout production. Work to constantly improve quality and productivity. Eliminate work standard quotas for production. Eliminate MBO. Adapt to the new philosophy of the day; industries and economics are always changing. Institute on-the-job training. Avoid numerical goals.

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