EVOLVE Business and Professional Magazine February 2020 | Page 19

You don’t need a lot to get started. Look at your skills and
experience. Then find a problem in your field of interest
and come up with a solution.”
vintage auto’s trim. “I charged $75, and it took me ten minutes to
design and an hour to print it,” he said.
Harris’ ten-year-old daughter, a next-generation gig worker, is
rapidly learning how to create 3-D designs, he said.
Gig work and the future
What does the future hold for the burgeoning gig economy?
Governmental changes might be in store, because the
employment services currently in place are based primarily
on traditional, full-time workers. Some career counseling and
training services aren’t available to gig workers, according to the
CareerSource study.
Leslie Giscombe was recently appointed to participate in a
statewide study researching ways Florida can help support the
expanding gig economy. Nationwide, gig work might represent
a full half of all income by the year 2030, according to some
estimates.
But where is your place in the gig economy? If you can’t find
the gig-based job that suits you best, Lou Paris suggests you
invent one.
“You don’t need a lot to get started,” he said. “Look at your
skills and experience. Then find a problem in your field of interest
and come up with a solution.”
Kimberley Jace is a freelance writer and editor with
more than thirty years of print journalism and book
editing experience.
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