PORTFOLIO CREATIVE BLOG

Hiring and Employment: Change is Here

By Kristen Harris Growth is one of our company values at Portfolio Creative – we are always learning, improving, and adapting. In the spirit of growth, I recently attended the American Staffing Association’s Staffing World Conference. It’s important for us to stay on top of employment and hiring trends so we can provide the best possible service to our clients and talent. Here are the highlights of what we heard at this year’s conference. Top Five Trends: Gig Economy and Free Agency. Depending on which report you read, something like

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Freelancing Is The Future of Business

By Catherine Lang-Cline According to Dustin Haisler, the Chief Innovation Officer of e.Republic, there are currently 53 million people, or 34% of the American workforce, freelancing. By the year 2020, an estimated 74 million people, 50% of the American workforce, will be freelancing.  What is causing the shift? First reason, the Millennials. While we have all been discussing the working practices and beliefs of the Millennial workforce as they started to enter the market, something happened: they grew to be a larger demographic than the Baby-Boomer generation. What this means

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