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1. Employers Are Chasing Fantasies

2. Employers Are Hanging Back

Some businesses now avoid hiring full-timers for accounting reasons, says Cappelli.   "The way accounting systems are set up, a company is better off not hiring," he says. "Accounting systems don't like fixed costs, so companies prefer bringing people in on a contract basis."

The old rules of work applied to an economy of factories and offices, a world of "standard," stable employment with large employers, over careers with more or less predictable trajectories. The new rules belong to another universe—flexible, precarious, and entrepreneurial, less and less tied to specific times, places, and employers.

Old Rule: You commute into an office every day. New Rule: Work can happen wherever you are, anywhere in the world.

Old Rule: Work is "9-to-5" New Rule: You’re on call 24-7.

3 basic rules of freelancing. Know who you are: If your messaging is not clear, you will not work. Know what you offer: You should never be trying to do it all. Know who your ideal client is: You cannot be everything to everyone.  Basics, right? We've all heard these rules before but they are more important now than ever before. In a market that is experiencing growth unlike anything we've ever seen, it's a do-or-die situation. If you cannot clearly define who you are, what you are offering, and who you want to offer it to, there are plenty of others who can and are just waiting to jump right in.