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Recruiting in the Gig Economy: Strategies for Attracting Contingent Workers

I used to think gig workers were just people making side cash on weekends—turns out, they’re reshaping the entire workforce, and your company might be left in the dust if you don’t pay attention.

Last Wednesday, over coffee with a friend who runs a startup, he shared something that caught me off guard: almost half of his team are freelancers and gig workers. He said, “I can scale up or down without the overhead, and they’re some of the most talented people I’ve ever worked with.” It made me wonder—are we on the cusp of a seismic shift in how we think about talent acquisition?