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Why the gig economy is about to explode

The gig economy allows a person to do anything and vary their skills from week to week.

Fri, 07 Jun 2019

According to US accounting software company Intuit, the percentage of Americans working in the so-called “gig economy” will rise to 43% by 2020. That’s next year.

Joblist co-founder Taylor Abernathy-Newman sees the same trend occurring in New Zealand, although – as with most things –

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