#60: Inflation Up 7%, 80% of Executives Agree The Future Is 'Project Based', 4.5m Employees Quit In November, Web 3 Patents (LOL)
2022 is the year of choice for top talent, whether choosing to freelance, choosing to work remote, or choosing to be a corporate sell out :)
Important Updates:
What’s our take for each update?
💩 Inflation: CPI hit 7% annually, highest inflation rate since 1982. US CEOs expect it to last until mid-2023.
💩 💩 Great Resignation: 4.5 million workers quit their jobs in November, a new record according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. US CEOs also say the labor shortage is their biggest concern. What’s the force driving this? Hint 👇👇👇
👀 Talent Choice: LinkedIn’s #1 prediction for 2022 is the continued employee flex of choice. In their words, “In 2022, we expect it to remain a job seeker’s market”.
Supporting 👆👆👆, HR Brew says recruiting and retaining employees won’t get any easier in 2022. Well duh, but how can you turn this into an opportunity. Hint…👇👇👇
🚀 80 percent of executives surveyed by Accenture agree that the future of work will be project-based rather than role-based.
🤔 Web 3 is cute, but where the patents at? According to Anthony Trippe, “Based on several indicators, it might be too early to start moving away from Web 2.0”.
🚩 Early in his career, Bill Gates memorized the license plates of every employee to keep tabs on them.
2022 Predictions
Trend 3: More companies will be built entirely through the Human Cloud.
At least 3 Companies will be built remote-first and freelance-first in 2022. Take Gumroad, as Sahil said, “Hiring people full-time and leasing a new office in San Francisco to work out of was untenable. Instead, I hired a few engineers as contractors. These contractors saved the company.”
According to Matt C:
“The alternative is untenable. You can’t compete against large companies for talent right now.”
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Trend 4: The Human Cloud will solve massive societal problems.
The Human Cloud addresses massive societal problems like inequality, upskilling, and education to name a few. Take student freelance platform Parker Dewey (their insane 2021 results below 👇)
We were fortunate to talk with Jeff on Episode 4 👇👇👇
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