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for years the norm for a job has been
permanent full or part-time employment
but recently more and more people are
beginning to take on a variety of
short-term jobs also known as gigs these
include things like freelancing temp
jobs jobs in the sharing economy and
more all of these different jobs form
something called the gig economy the gig
economy is beginning to take up a larger
portion of the workforce and studies
show no sign of it slowing down this is
partially due to the evolution of
technology companies are now able to
hire workers anywhere in the world who
can then easily telecommute and work
remotely for them mobile apps have
allowed businesses like uber and Airbnb
to grow an enormous amount of contract
workers and social media has given
people the ability to market themselves
and sell their products and services at
a much cheaper cost than traditional
advertising it's hard to say exactly how
the rise of the gig economy will affect
and change the future of the job market
but we do know that both companies and
workers will need to continue to adapt
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