With the March 7 jobs report in our rearview mirror, it’s worth asking just what do the numbers mean? The news was mixed. The good: job creation beat economists’ predictions at 175,000 (vs. predictions of 149,000). The bad: the unemployment rate edged up from 6.6% to 6.7%. While trying to reconcile those divergent stats is a task better left to economists, I can’t help but wonder whether those numbers accurately reflect the state of the American workforce. Specifically, are freelancers bei...
With the March 7 jobs report in our rearview mirror, it’s worth asking just what do the numbers mean? The news was mixed. The good: job creation beat economists’ predictions at 175,000 (vs. predictions of 149,000). The bad: the unemployment rate edged up from 6.6% to 6.7%. While trying to reconcile those divergent stats is a task better left to economists, I can’t help but wonder whether those numbers accurately reflect the state of the American workforce. Specifically, are freelancers bei...
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