How Gig Workers are Surviving the Pandemic

Independent workers have come under new pressure this year as the coronavirus and changing consumer habits have dramatically altered their work lives. CNBC Make It’s Karen Gilchrist speaks to three freelancers who are finding new ways of working. See Video at CNBC...

When Should You Walk Away?

Newcomers to the freelance world often face challenges they’ve never confronted. One came to light recently when an acquaintance told me about a gig job of hers.© Dreamstime/TNS There are many things to consider before walking away from a job. Her client had suggested...

Where The Gig Economy Went Wrong

Around the economic recession of 2008 as so many lost their jobs and were faced with financial hardships and difficult decisions, an alternative economic model emerged. It didn’t really have a name at the time, but in the years since then we’ve come to know it as the...