上海最新冠状疫情 新冠疫情刺激自由职业发展

新冠疫情刺激自由职业发展  

The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the global jobs market
leaving many unemployed
furloughed or working reduced hours as employers implemented sweeping cost-cutting measures.
Yet
one workforce that has weathered the storm better than most is the freelance market. That segment of the workforce has seen a surge in demand — even as full-time work has collapsed
according to a new report from online freelance market place Freelancer.
Freelance job openings increased over 25% during the April to June quarter of 2020 — pared to the first three months of the year
Freelancer's report found. The quarterly study tracks movements from the top 50 fastest growing and declining jobs on the site's global marketplace which spans North America
Europe and Asia.
Freelancer的报告发现，2020年第二季度，自由职业的工作机会相比第一季度增加了超25%。这项季度调查追踪了该网站跨越北美、欧洲和亚洲的全球市场中增长和衰减最快的50种职业。
The uptick reflects a shift in the post-Covid-19 global jobs landscape
as employers reevaluate budgets and opt for a more flexible workforce. But it also indicates a growing interest among employees to move toward independent work
Freelancer's CEO Matt Barrie told CNBC.
"While Covid-19 has been the trigger of the already upward trending freelancer movement
this exponential growth can also be attributed to the strong demand for individuals to finally start their own freelance enterprise
work on their own terms and supplement their ine
" said Barrie.
Freelance job postings rose 41% to 605
000 in the second quarter of 2020 pared to the same period in 2019
according to the report.
Meanwhile
last week the United Nations' International Labour Organization estimated that the number of working hours lost in the second quarter this year could be the equivalent of 400 million full-time jobs.
"I do foresee that this crisis will extend well into 2021
and there will be a permanent step-change in both working from home and the use of freelancers by businesses
" Barrie added.
The jobs that saw the greatest surge in demand from employers in the second quarter tended to be those directly connected to the pandemic
according to the report.
Jobs related to mathematical modeling — including mathematics
Matlab and algorithm projects — saw the greatest increase over the quarter
as they surged 99.6% to 16
501 jobs. Statistics and statistical analysis positions also saw a major uptick
rising 75% to 7
397 jobs.
Much of that demand came from health-care institutions
governments
businesses and media anizations
which increasingly require number crunchers to "interpret
analyze and report" data on cases
hospitalizations
mortality rates
testing
as well as the impact of the pandemic
the report noted.
Elsewhere
near-global lockdowns sparked demand for home entertainment and online shopping and
consequently
workers with applicable skills. Demand for game designers and game developers surged 68% and 64% respectively in the second quarter
while job postings for e-merce professionals rose 54.4%.
At the other end of the spectrum
listings for face-to-face jobs unsurprisingly saw the biggest declines over the period
dropping 35.6%.