| json_metadata | "{"appParentPermlink":"fk9eh38kw","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","appTags":["business","startup",""],"appDepth":2,"appBody":"<p>The Financial Times defines 'gig' Economy as \"where workers support themselves with various part-time (or freelance) jobs that do not provide basic benefits such as health care.\" According to the Financial Times, the phrase \"Gig Economy\" was created at the height of the financial crisis earlier in the year 2009, when unemployed earn a living by performing on stage, or working part time, wherever they are.<\/p><p>How technology has changed the way we \"gig or work\"<\/p><p>Although 'gig' work had existed long ago in the 1920s which referred to jazz musicians, the main difference in 'gig' Today's economy is a role-changing technology game in breaking down barriers to the most unlikely people to do work show. Retirees opened boarding houses, an office worker from 9 to 5 in the afternoon who drove passengers home after work, or even housewives who opened catering for busy executive workers.<\/p><p>It is estimated that there are five million people in the UK working in the economic 'gig', while an Intuit and Emergent study predicts the number of workers on demand in the United States has doubled over the next four years, reaching 9.2 million by 2021 .<\/p><p>The first generation millennium generation enium gig\u2019ekonomi<\/p><p>Richard Lobo, Head of HR at the Indian IT Company named Infosys, connects economic growth trends with the changing job choices of the younger generation today. Lobo further commented that \"with a larger millennium flow in the workforce, all previous assumptions were to keep employees engaged and motivated being broken down.\"<\/p><p>Driving economic growth in developing countries (especially Asia)<\/p><p>In Malaysia, the government is actively making many opportunities for unemployed people to get jobs in the show economy. Malaysian Government Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), a government organization, has launched several platforms such as eRezeki and eUsahawan to help Malaysians make money by completing online tasks and to give them the skills needed to start an online business.<\/p><p>Meanwhile, the Singapore Workforce Development Agency has launched initiatives to support freelancers to find work and keep their skills relevant to their jobs. Taiwan's plan to create Silicon Valley Asia near Taipei can only be good news for their growing economic growth, as the Valley will do to pave the way for improving internet infrastructure and mobile broadband services. (source: Forbes)<\/p><p>Now you might be thinking, this is all good and cool but how can I do it?<\/p>","appCategory":"business","app":"musing\/1.1","appParentAuthor":"sayee","musingPostType":"answer","appTitle":"What is Gig Economy?","musingAppVersion":"1.1"}" |
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