The term freelancer often comes with a stigma. It’s painted to be a picture of gig work or someone who wants flexibility and craves the work-life balance, but this isn’t the only reason people choose this career path. The future of our workforce is changing, listen to Ep 2: Google & Gig Workers podcast to see how even some of the largest companies are outsourcing to ... Read Full Article
Why Your Should Support Your Employees Side Hustles
Lately, I've been giving a lot of thought to the workplace world, its culture and workplace expectations from our bosses, peers, and society in general. As young children, we are taught to pick and specialize in one job that we will work in for the rest of our lives. We work hard to generate wealth to live the life we want only to socially be accepting to do live that life once ... Read Full Article
Ep 110 – Who Is Really the Freelance Workforce?
The gig economy is a hot topic with nearly every fifth email solicitation I’m getting these days asking for my email address and contact information in exchange to tell me all about the gig economy, how it’s changing HR and what gig workers want from businesses. The annual report from Upwork and the Freelancers Union found that more people than ever are choosing to freelance, ... Read Full Article
Promoting the Freelance and Gig Economy
The US Department of Labor has redefined the rules surrounding what employees can be considered exempt. This redefinition requires that employers have newly declared nonexempt employees accurately record time worked on a daily basis. At the same time they are clamping down on use of independent contractors. Both of these actions fly in the face of the new way to work that is ... Read Full Article
Shifting My Focus & Going Freelance
It's been an interesting year working for myself and building my business at Xceptional HR. I've traveled to two countries outside the U.S. and attended more conferences than I can count in addition to my book coming out. All in all, it's been a great year and I'm not done yet. In fact, I'm heading to Dallas later today to speak at the HR Southwest Regional Conference. ... Read Full Article