Working for Yourself Is the New Job..

The younger members of today’s workforce think about business and careers in a very different way than previous generations. While there have always been job-hoppers and entrepreneurial-minded individuals, there seems to be exponentially more of these types of employees when we look at Millennials.

Up to 91% of Gen Y workers expect to stay in a position for less than three years before moving on to a new job. And some of those workers will transition out of company jobs entirely — by 2020 about half the workforce is expected to be working as freelancers, contractors, or temps.

What Caused This Trend for Gen Y?

Employment didn’t always look this way. A couple of generations ago, job security meant working your way up the ladder at one company (or at most, two or three). You often spent thirty or forty years furthering your career at that company. In exchange for…