“The biggest change since the industrial revolution”

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National Freelancers Day

Shout it from the rooftops, it’s National Freelancers Day! To celebrate and create some debate on The Future of Freelancing the PCG have released a special webcast with Freelancing experts taking a look at the evolving trends in the world of work and how they could affect freelancers over the next ten years.

Each expert takes a look at the evolving trends in the world of work and how they could affect freelancers over the next ten years.

The future of work: role of the freelancer

James Bellini

The biggest change since the industrial revolution

Dr James Bellini

Evolving trends completely reshaping the notion of business and why individuals in the new economy will be as important as a big company.

James Bellini is a respected futurologist, broadcaster and author focusing on socio-economic trends up to Horizon 2025. He is also Director of Content for www.talentfoundation.com, a cyber-clubhouse for individuals and businesses to discuss issues affecting talent management in the future. View all Future of Freelancing videos

These video’s were produced by PCG, the voice of freelancing as part of National Freelancers Day, for more information about the day visit:  www.nationalfreelancersday.org.uk


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  • nmoorecsd
    Not one of the speakers is addressing what is happening right now. I could be amazinly eloquent about the future in 2020 but, it is right now that needs the attention.
    So, what is it that I am eluding to ICTs (Intra Company Transfers). ICT's are killing off IBM based skills in the UK. IBM based skills are used by all the large companies. These large financial companies are NOT outsourcing to freelancers in the UK!! Instead they are outsourcing to their own IT departments outside of the EU. The newest twist is for these large financial companies to bring in some of these non EU workers into the UK via ICT's ! 35,000 non EU workers brought into the UK last year in IT alone!!
    Lets look after our local skills base first.
  • Tim
    One of the speakers in the last clip talks about the concept of reverse offshoring - companies outside UK using freelancers based in the UK. He says it's a trend increasing right now.

    Also regarding ICTs, see this http://www.ictabuse.org.uk
  • I'm loving what James Bellini has to say about the future of freelancing. Futurologists are always very upbeat... hope he's right though!
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