From barista to photographer to salesman: the young freelancer changes jobs galore. They don’t want to choose and do everything at the same time, says Niels Arntz, co-founder of self-employed platform Temper, a mediator between many young people (average age: 26) and freelance jobs.
More and more young people are opting for entrepreneurship, in the last quarter of last year the number of young self-employed persons (15 to 25 years old) even increased by 24,000, or 41 percent compared to a year earlier, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) calculated (CBS). The Netherlands now has about 1.2 million self-employed persons without employees.
‘Consolidation of Rates’
Freedom of choice and good earnings are reasons to start working as a self-employed person without employees, says Arntz. Thanks to the tight labor market, the hourly rates for many jobs already shot up last year. This year, the platform sees that the rewards do not grow much anymore, although it is still possible to negotiate well.
“Last month, Temper successfully negotiated more than six thousand times about a higher hourly rate,” says Arntz, who sees an upward trend.
Which rates are growing the fastest? According to Temper, there were three outliers this year: for product promotion, i.e. promoting new products on the street or at a festival, for example, user research among a company’s customers and for warehouse assistants, clients pay considerably more money compared to last year.
Outliers
Looking at the highest hourly rates, the jobs in the overview below are currently the best paid jobs. The rates do not include VAT and commission for Temper, which is paid by companies.
According to Arntz, you have a good chance of getting a job as a product promoter, which is where the fewest people apply on average: less than two on average for a vacancy. There is a lot of enthusiasm for providing room service: more than seventeen people report for one open job.
It is also good to earn as an employee, says Ard Huininga, CEO of Youbahn, a temporary employment platform that focuses mainly on side jobs for young people and students. “The minimum wage increases have had a lot of impact,” he says. Wages at his platform are quickly 11 percent higher than a year earlier.
‘Less craziness’
When it comes to pay, there isn’t as much craziness as last year, says Huininga. Due to the tight labor market, hourly wages then shot up sharply. “That tightness is still there,” says the CEO. “But the jobs are now a little easier to fill.” This is also because young people like to work: life is expensive and that holiday has to come.
According to Youbahn, the best paid jobs are often the jobs where someone needs help quickly today. “Wages are lower for the longer period, but if the need arises, then 40 percent will be added,” says Huininga. Festivals, catering or HR? Young people are passionate about everything, he says.
And here, too, they often do several things at the same time: “They often do one regular job for a few weeks and then they add a festival or catering job when it suits them,” says Huininga. About 14 percent of the forces do so, according to Youbahn. “Because it’s fun, but also because it generates extra income.”
Tempo-Team also sees this trend: “More and more young people are working extra hours in the summer,” says Bart van Krimpen, labor market analyst at Tempo-Team.
The broadcaster also sees that most young people work next to school and that average earnings have increased by just under 6 percent compared to last year. Tempo-Team does not share more data or lists.
2023-07-20 07:43:19
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