hey guys ECR G here back with another
video today's videos about us workers
want to go boss free hey guys
ECR G here back with another video today
we're gonna be talking about US workers
in America wanting to go boss Murray now
this is something that came across my
feed recently on linked in LinkedIn
always has good articles and this was
actually in the daily rundown and I've
really been liking this so I don't know
if you guys get this so I would
definitely recommend you guys get the
daily rundown from LinkedIn I think
they've been killing it with that and
this was something in there it was
talking about America is about to become
freelance nation and what that means is
the number of self-employed US workers
could triple by 2020 and here it is 2018
that's just two years away that's not
that far and they could triple to 42
million self-employed people and this is
by choice this is not because you know
they're being forced to or whatever that
is they're saying a staggering 97
percent of those who freelance say
they're not interested in returning to
traditional work up from 10 percent in
2016 43 percent think the switch will
give them more control over their career
and the survey results lend credence to
what other studies have suggested for
many climbing the corporate ladder isn't
as appealing as professional freedom so
this is amazing guys this is a dramatic
culture change in how the US thinks how
people in the US think about their
career how everybody thinks about
everything and it's amazing I think
YouTube has had a huge part in this
because you've got all the gurus on
YouTube you got a grand car
you've got garyvee you've got a Randell
pitch from lifted you got the fitness
guys Christian guzmán you've got all
these people who have built brands off
of the back of YouTube been able to
build companies off that brand other
people you know build consulting
businesses whatever you got Roberto
Blake Derral Eve's all these people are
on YouTube who have been able to leave
the corporate world and start their own
self-employed journey on the backs of
YouTube and they encourage other people
to do it we've had more encouragement it
is now easier than ever before to be
self-employed because all you need is
you know a Facebook page a YouTube
channel an Instagram account all that
stuff is free to set up and then you're
on your way whether it's you know you're
doing Fitness you're like doing meal
plans and stuff whether you're you know
even doing clinical research like this
channel or we're like the clinical
trials guru or whatever it is there's
somebody for everybody out there there's
something for everybody out there to go
out on their self-employed journey and
it's easier than ever before
think about it this way for your parents
to be able to do that they didn't grow
up with cell phones and the internet so
in order for them to become
self-employed
they literally had to wait until after
work after 5:00 p.m. before they could
do anything you know think about all the
stuff that is closed usually at that
time you know banks closed
that's after normal business hours so
most businesses are you know on the
downswing of things or if not closed so
it was very hard for people to become
self-employed unless you had a lot of
capital up front and were able to you
know quit your job and then go ahead
first into it now you can have things
running you know while you're at your
job or you know the internet 24/7 you
could be working when you're not at your
job on your self-employed career path so
it's absolutely amazing everything that
has been happening in this space and I
think it's gonna even accelerate I think
more and more people are going to want
to be self-employed
that's awesome because when more and
more people are self-employed people
tend to work together in more creative
ways and it creates more and more
competition people are able to you know
build their own businesses up and I just
just a full believer in the small
business economy I feel like America is
at its best when small businesses are
strong and able to grow and more and
more people are able to get into the
small business arena so this is an
interesting finding that more and more
people are wanting to become freelance
and don't even want to go in back into
the corporate world I feel like people
are finding that it's more freeing you
get more autonomy
you know trading five days for two days
is not a great trade you know five days
at work and then you get two days on the
weekend to do what you want your own
thing was if you're self-employed you're
doing what you want you can you know
especially if you're on contract you can
take a few months off in between
contracts and travel the world work on
some hobbies you know whatever whatever
but things are a lot more structured in
the corporate world and I think people
are finding that they prefer it in this
freelance space and you know a lot of
businesses are coming are opening up for
people that freelance you got up work
we've got Fiverr which I've used
multiple times in opportunities like
that so if you have a skill you can
leverage it on those place those
platforms too you know enter in the
freelance world or just provide some
extra income on the side so lots of
opportunities here and something else
was interesting too that they mentioned
in this article was the basically there
was another article written that was
linked to this one that says anyone all
anyone really wants is autonomy in the
working world so they come they did a
study and ask people hey there's this
one position where you're gonna be over
a lot of people you
innovating them you're gonna have a big
team at your disposal but you know
you're not gonna be off in your own
autonomous silo versus this other job
where you were a completely autonomous
you make up your own rules you have more
a lot more control over everything that
you do and people chose the more
autonomous role overwhelmingly it wasn't
even close I think they said 74% of
people chose the more autonomous role so
we're seeing a classic shift in how
Americans are thinking and a shift in
how people are viewing how they want to
live their lives and work around the
world and you know this article
specifically about America but I think
we're gonna see changes in other
countries as well in the Western
developed world so this was interesting
thought you guys would care to know and
especially because one of the best
positions I think that is that has a
pretty good autonomy is CRA clinical
research associate which is in clinical
research I think that's the prototypical
autonomous position and that's really
good because you can be a freelance
contractor or you can work in a company
but and even the company role is not
even you know it does not have less
autonomy that that much I mean yeah you
have dedicated PTO and all that stuff
but there are definitely benefits to
working in the company whereas you know
you have backups case you need to take
off or something or reschedule something
there are people there that can help
back you up and respond to sites and
your absence if necessary so there are
pros and cons to both but I think CRA is
one of the great positions that
demonstrates how people want more
autonomy if you just look at the demand
everyone wants to be a CRA I get emails
all the time about hey I want to be a
CRA I want to be a CRA
and I think a lot of people want to go
in that direction for the freedom and
the autonomy that you do have in that
role so I think we're gonna see it and
you know I'm gonna do a video here
pretty soon on
intrapreneurship which is basically you
know having autonomy and having the the
ability and the the wherewithal to kind
of have your own project inside the
company you manage your own budget you
manage everything you're basically like
an entrepreneur inside of a company and
I think we're gonna see the rise and
that as well
definitely in clinical research there
are examples of that so we'll talk about
that in the next video but as far as
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