#82 The Freelance Economy: The importance of benefits for freelancers and contractors

The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström®: Expert Mode Marketing Technology, AI, & CX

The Agile Brand

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🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Today we’re going to talk about the freelance economy and why it’s important that freelancers, contractors and the self-employed protect themselves and their future with insurance, retirement, and other methods of planning ahead.

Many freelancers are passionate about what they do and become independents so they can focus more of their time on what they love doing. They often find, however, that they need to learn about a wide variety of things such as accounting to send clients invoices, project management, and many other skills. This is in addition to ensuring that they are planning for their futures and the well-being of their families. Insurance, retirement, and other methods of planning are often taken for granted by full-time employees, but freelancers have to source and purchase this on their own. This can be prohibitive from both a time and cost perspective.

To help me discuss this topic, and offer some potential solutions, I’d like to welcome Steve Blair, who is part of the team at CareerGig, where he is VP of Benefits.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Greg Kielstrom. Welcome to the Agile World Podcast, where we discuss customer experience, employee experience, and transformation in an agile age.
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0:25.0	To read more about the topics discussed on this show, you can go to my website at the
0:28.6	agile.world and read my latest articles or get a copy of my latest book,
0:33.2	the Center of Experience, a blueprint for creating an experience-led organization,
0:38.0	now available on Amazon and other retailers.
0:40.6	My name is Greg Kelsram and I'm the host of the Agile World Podcast, as well as the co-founder and CEO of Career
0:46.0	Gig, a marketplace that provides freelancers access to premium jobs plus health insurance, retirement,
0:51.7	and other benefits. Companies that hire freelancers in 1099s get
0:55.8	access to verified freelance talent and can offer them benefits. Today we're going to talk about
1:00.7	the freelance economy and why it's important that freelancers, contractors, and the self-employed protect themselves in their future with insurance, retirement, and other benefits of planning ahead.
1:11.0	Many freelancers are passionate about what they do and become independence so they can focus more of their time on what they love doing.
1:18.0	They often find, however, that they need to learn about a wide variety of things such as accounting to send clients invoices, project management, and many other skills.
1:27.0	This is in addition to ensuring that they are planning for their futures and the well-being of their families.
1:32.0	Insurance, retirement, and other methods of planning are often taken for granted by full-time employees,
1:38.0	but freelancers have to source and purchase this on their own.
1:41.0	This can be prohibitive for both a time and cost perspective.
1:44.0	To help me discuss this topic and offer some potential solutions, I'd like to
1:48.3	welcome Steve Blair who is part of the team at Career Gig where he's VP of
1:52.0	benefits.
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