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. • NEW Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting starting Fall 2020 • 100+ programs in high- demand career fields YOUR SUCCESS MATTERS • Earn your certificate, AS, AA or Bachelor’s degree without piling up a mountain of student debt • Recent national #1 rankings include our ABET accredited online BS in Engineering Technology and online RN to BSN (Nursing) programs Find out more at: DaytonaState.edu