Today’s businesses face an unprecedented pace of change and uncertainty that makes it difficult to define current workforce needs – and even more daunting to predict future needs. As a workforce solutions partner to many of the world’s top companies, Kelly Services continually analyzes labor dynamics and employment-related trends to help our clients create effective talent strategies. The growth of the free agent workforce is a trend we spotted more than a decade ago, and we’ve been tracking it closely ever since.

This segment of the workforce—temporary employees, independent contractors, small business owners, and other non-traditional workers—offers much-needed flexibility in today’s unpredictable environment. But how have these employees been affected by the recession, and what does their growth mean for businesses who must compete for the best talent at the right time? We recently conducted in-depth research to better understand today’s free agents and how companies can better leverage this fast-growing, flexible resource.

We found that recent economic realities, coupled with workers’ desire for flexible and engaging work, has led to a significant shift away from the traditional employment relationship. Workers are increasingly interested in free agent options such as microwork, independent contracting, temporary and project work, and entrepreneurship. Today’s companies need to better understand this world of non-traditional work.

More one free agents and on the answer pressing questions around this topic you can read in the full version of  "The Free Agents and the redefinition of the workplace".