WORLDVIEW: After Covid-19, itโ€™s hello freelancing, goodbye jobs

Around the world, millions of people have lost their jobs and many of those jobs wonโ€™t be back โ€“ instead, the transition to freelancing will accelerate.
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Around the world, millions of people have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdowns implemented to attempt to slow its spread. There is emerging evidence that many of those traditional jobs won't be back โ€“ instead, the transition to freelancing will accelerate.

By some measures, postings for freelance jobs in the US grew 25% during their lockdown as millions of regular jobs disappeared. Judging from some of the feedback I've heard from friends and family, a similar process is underway in SA, particularly for skilled workers.

For a few decades now, many have been predicting a "freelancing revolution". New technologies mean that โ€“ for some types of jobs at least โ€“ working remotely has never been easier. There's no reason why these days, for example, someone in SA couldn't get a freelancing gig doing, say, marketing work for a US company. This would be a mutually beneficial arrangement โ€“ the American business would save money and the South African freelancer would earn US dollars on a flexible schedule.

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