CNN did a pretty interesting article and video on the fact that full-time employees could become a minority in the nations workforce within a 20 to 30 year period. What does this mean?  No traditional benefits such as health coverage, paid vacations and retirement plans, that most workers take for granted today.

“The traditional job is not doomed. But it will increasingly have competition from other models, the most prominent is the independent contractor model,” he said.

As companies continue to cut costs over the decades to come, we will move more towards “contracting,” which in turn will create a new mindset for people … entrepreneurship.  As people start to look for contracts – they will start developing a sense of ownership towards their future and remove the sense of dependency of their employer.

Will people also start looking for alternative work at home part-time businesses?  I am guessing with all their spare time – probably.

Good or bad?

http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/01/news/economy/contract_jobs/index.htm