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Considering freelance work? Your introverted personality type can help you navigate the uncertainty.
According to Pew Research, the unemployment rate may have increased by nearly 5 percentage points in the U.S. due to COVID-19, so people are rightly concerned about the future. In a previous article, I talked about how the pandemic was leading people to become entrepreneurs and consider starting their own business. But starting your own business is a big step, and a risky one. Instead, you may be thinking of joining the gig economy.
Just as a musician goes from gig to gig, workers in the gig economy go from job to job, completing one job at a time before moving on to the next. They might be called “gig workers,” “contractors,” “freelancers,” or “on-demand workers,” but regardless of the specific kind of gig work one engages in, many of the challenges, and the rewards, are the same. Much of the media attention on gig work has focused on jobs such as delivery or cab/Uber drivers, but more highly paid roles, such as contract IT workers or other professional freelancers, form just as important a part of the gig economy.
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