Let's Fix the Stupid Job Crisis Ourselves

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"You have to craft your own career. It's really career management, which is part of what we teach... You're an entrepreneur."

Judith Watson, associate dean of CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism

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I find it interesting he's decided to become a freelancer. Comic books have always been good about reflecting the mood of the public. I see Kent's move as showing the broader dissatisfaction with traditional employment and the appeal of the control and flexibility of being self-employed. After all, if anyone needs work flexibility it's Kent, who often has to run off and save the world.

Steve King, on Superman going freelance.

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“I would argue that the entrepreneurial sector is as powerful a job creation engine as ever. The cause of the discrepancy between the 1999 numbers and the 2011 numbers, above, isn’t an indicator of the declining hiring power of start-ups. Rather, the discrepancy comes from how we define a “job.” For too long, we’ve stuck to the old definition of job: a full-time hire with a steady paycheck, benefits, and a W-2. That metric worked in the industrial- and information-based economy that dominated most of the 20th century. But as we sit at the dawn of the innovation economy that will dominate the next century, that definition will become less and less useful. Here’s one of my favorite stats, courtesy of Intuit’s 2020 Report: by 2020, 40% of the American workforce will be freelancers, independent contractors, or other specialists-for-hire.”

Jeremy Neuner, CEO of NextSpace, in their newsletter

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Made by Tony Bacigalupo of New Work City and the Community Builders Masterclass.

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