{"id":5687,"date":"2023-06-09T10:56:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T10:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forest-1041a2.ingress-bonde.ewp.live\/the-definition-of-freelancer-is-changing-meet-the-5-new-types-of-freelancers\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T10:56:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T10:56:40","slug":"the-definition-of-freelancer-is-changing-meet-the-5-new-types-of-freelancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/the-definition-of-freelancer-is-changing-meet-the-5-new-types-of-freelancers\/","title":{"rendered":"The definition of freelancer is changing: meet the 5 new types of freelancers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >On this page<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/the-definition-of-freelancer-is-changing-meet-the-5-new-types-of-freelancers\/#The_5_Types_of_Freelancer\" title=\"The 5 Types of Freelancer\">The 5 Types of Freelancer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/the-definition-of-freelancer-is-changing-meet-the-5-new-types-of-freelancers\/#Is_this_the_right_definition_of_a_freelancer\" title=\"Is this the right definition of a freelancer?\">Is this the right definition of a freelancer?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img class=&quot;aligncenter size-large wp-image-1212&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/definition-of-freelancer-720x395.png&quot; alt=&quot;definition of freelancer&quot; width=&quot;676&quot; height=&quot;370&quot; \/><\/p>\n<p>There are many different\u00a0variations\u00a0on\u00a0how freelancers are working and defining their work today.<\/p>\n<p><span class=&quot;var&quot;><span class=&quot;var&quot;>According to the Collins English Dictionary, &quot;a freelancer is<\/span><\/span><span class=&quot;def&quot;>\u00a0a self-employed person, especially a writer or artist, who is not employed continuously but hired to do specific assignments.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Seems fairly straightforward to me.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;Freelancers\" href=\"&quot;http:\/\/freelancersunion.org\/53million&quot;\" class=\"broken_link\">a new report<\/a>\u00a0argues that is there are now\u00a05 different types of freelancer and that there are more than 53 million Americans are doing freelance work &#8211; a sixth of the U.S. population.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_5_Types_of_Freelancer\"><\/span>The 5 Types of Freelancer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Starting with the general U.S. workforce, each survey respondent went\u00a0through a series of questions that qualified their employment status and income in order to definitions of\u00a0freelancing that might otherwise go unrecorded.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how the report\u00a0breaks down the new types of freelancers.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Independent Contractors<\/h3>\n<p><img class=&quot;size-full wp-image-1211 aligncenter&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-11.39.33.png&quot; alt=&quot;Independent Contractors&quot; width=&quot;382&quot; height=&quot;189&quot; \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(40% of the independent workforce \/ 21.1 million professionals)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These \u201ctraditional\u201d freelancers don\u2019t have an employer and instead do freelance, temporary, or supplemental work on a project- to-project basis.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Moonlighters<\/h3>\n<p><img class=&quot;size-full wp-image-1210 aligncenter&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-11.39.40.png&quot; alt=&quot;Moonlighters&quot; width=&quot;383&quot; height=&quot;188&quot; \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(27% of the independent workforce\/ 14.3 million professionals)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Professionals with a primary, traditional job who also moonlight doing freelance work. For example, a corporate- employed web developer who also does projects for non-profits in the evening.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Diversified workers<\/h3>\n<p><img class=&quot;size-full wp-image-1209 aligncenter&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-11.39.46.png&quot; alt=&quot;Diversified Workers&quot; width=&quot;383&quot; height=&quot;187&quot; \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(18% of the independent workforce\/ 9.3 million professionals)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>People with multiple sources of income from a mix of traditional employers and freelance work. For example, someone who works the front desk at a dentist\u2019s office 20 hours a week and fills out the rest of his income driving for Uber and doing freelance writing.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Temporary Workers<\/h3>\n<p><img class=&quot;size-full wp-image-1208 aligncenter&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-11.39.53.png&quot; alt=&quot;Temporary Workers&quot; width=&quot;385&quot; height=&quot;192&quot; \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(10% of the independent workforce\/ 5.5 million professionals)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Individuals with a single employer, client, job, or contract project where their employment status is temporary. For example, a business strategy consultant working for one startup client on a contract basis for a months-long project.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Freelance Business Owners<\/h3>\n<p><img class=&quot;size-full wp-image-1207 aligncenter&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-11.39.59.png&quot; alt=&quot;Freelance Business Owners&quot; width=&quot;384&quot; height=&quot;192&quot; \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(5% of the independent workforce \/ 2.8 million professionals)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Business owners with between one and five employees who consider themselves both a freelancer and a business owner. For example, a social marketing guru who hires a team of other social marketers to build a small agency, but still identifies as a freelancer.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_this_the_right_definition_of_a_freelancer\"><\/span>Is this the right definition of a freelancer?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The report argues\u00a0that &quot;the old way of working isn\u2019t working&quot;, that more than 53 million workers in the U.S. are &quot;showing a new way&quot;. But are these numbers accurate?<\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the 5 types of freelancer above, the survey groups together moonlighters and temporary workers,\u00a019.8 million that would have previously fallen outside of the definition of a freelancer.<\/p>\n<p>The diversified workers group is also a new addition to the definition of freelancing. With 9.8 million in this group, these people might previously have been categorised as part-time workers &#8211; working multiple jobs to make up a full time equivalent (and that&#8217;s before we get into issues such as zero-hour contracts).<\/p>\n<p>If you take the above groups away, you come to perhaps a more traditional\u00a0number of\u00a0Freelance Business Owners and Independent Contractors, which is 23.9m or 8% of the US workforce &#8211; 45% of the number the survey is suggesting\u00a0are &quot;freelance&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll leave it up to you to decide which is the more accurate definition\u00a0of a freelancer and just how many people can count themselves as freelance, but the survey results\u00a0worth a flick through for insight into how freelancers across the US view their freelance work and prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full presentation of the survey results from the Freelancing in America report:<\/p>\n<p>[slideshare id=38467323&amp;doc=globalfreelancersurveyresearch-140828155025-phpapp01]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can also view the whole report at <a title=\"&quot;freelancersunion.org\/53million&quot;\" href=\"&quot;http:\/\/freelancersunion.org\/53million&quot;\" class=\"broken_link\">freelancersunion.org\/53million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Enjoy this post? 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