Our economy is on fire! The latest numbers here in the U.S. show that companies added 263,000 jobs in April alone. And unemployment is down to 3.6%, which is the lowest since 1969. All of this growth and opportunity has companies struggling to hire the talent they need – and so they are turning to consultants and freelancers, those making up the Gig economy. Studies are showing that the need for supplementing their workforce will not slow down – especially in the area of project management.
The Project Management Institute (PMI), has stated that there will be a need for 87.7 million project managers by 2027 to meet business demands – and that our inability to meet the demand could result in $207.9 billion in GDP losses. By the same year, studies have shown that independent contractors are projected to become a majority of the workforce.
Managing workers in the ‘Gig’ economy well is critical, enabling an organization to put the right talent in place where and when it is most needed – especially as talented full-time workers are harder to find and harder to keep.
Attend and learn:
- New strategies for resource allocating and planning, including a focus on the role, not the source, of the talent
- How focusing on inclusion, diversity, and fairness is critical to weaving gig workers into your team
- The four critical processes you must have in place to ensure success
- Tactics needed to manage a new type of team
