Wanted: Free Agent
Once upon a time, it was reasonable to think a person could
grow up, get a job and work at it the rest of his life until
retirement. Those days are quickly becoming a thing of the past.
According to experts, a person who begins work today can expect
to have as many as fourteen full time jobs in five or more
different career fields. A study cited in Forbes magazine showed
that 42 percent of the working public is made up of free agents
or contractors. These people are hired on by companies for a
specific period of time or until a project is finished. As new
businesses start up, current businesses grow and thousands of
new products and services are introduced into the marketplace
each year, these types of workers will be needed more and more.
To the traditional worker, this may not sound very stable or
secure, but in reality this puts security back into the hands of
the employee.
Brian Tracy often refers to this as