Despite the recent news of Yahoo and Best Buy pulling their home workers back into the office, the trend of working-from-home is not going away anytime soon. Proof can be found in the recent New York Times article announcing the Freelancers Union, currently with over 200,000 members and growing quickly. The purpose of the Freelancers Union is to address freelancer concerns—about things like health insurance—so they can continue to enjoy the freedom of the freelance lifestyle.
The reality is that a growing number of workers prefer to work virtually and maintain the work-from-home flexibility. In a recent synthesis of over 500 studies, the Telework Research Network published some very interesting statistics that I encourage you to read. Here are a few that support the notion that working-from-home is on the rise:
Looking ahead to 2025, less than 15 years away, Gen Y will form 75% of the workforce. With advances in technology enabling workers to be productive anytime and anywhere, the notion of a 9 to 5 work day is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Virtual work, and ultimately crowdsourcing, is ideal for anyone who works from home, has a part-time job, is a stay-at-home parent, retiree or recent graduate, or for anyone who prefers a flexible schedule and lifestyle. For Gen-Yers, crowd work could well become the occupation of choice.
Lionbridge’s Global Crowd consists of a private crowd of over 100,000 workers in over 100 countries. Our workers are heavily screened to ensure their skills meet the requirements of our clients’ projects and that the work is a good fit for the worker. Our crowd is highly educated, with over 90% of the workers holding a higher education degree. If you are interested in exploring this rising work trend and joining the elite Lionbridge Global Crowd, apply today.
A special thanks to Lia DiFranco for her assitance with this blog.
Here at Lionbridge GSS. HQ, our recruitment team is used to equally impressing & baffling those who are new to our experience. Enterprise Crowdsourcing as a concept is still a new take on recruitment & so how do we explain to those outside our walls in our office in the West of Ireland that we can tailor a global team, thousands strong in nature, of outsourced individuals specifically for client needs & then equally manage their performance to a high level of detail and quality – and actually get them to believe us? This blog is an introduction to how we can answer that question & to give an insight into what we do in Lionbridge GSS, starting with a view of our Crowd recruitment. Continue reading »
