Success Magazine Highlights the Gig Economy

Laid off PR pro Tameka Collins a textbook example of #YouEconomy success.

There’s a lot of interesting anecdotal info in Success magazine’s August cover story “Introducing the YouEconomy,” part of an issue that hits newsstands today.

We’re all surrounded by evidence of a U.S. economy increasingly powered by freelancers and independent contractors. Here’s how that scenario developed for one such person, Tameka Collins:

When Collins lost her job at a large public relations firm, she at first began taking on YouEconomy work to bridge the gap until she could land another position in PR, her college major.

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