>> about one-third of workers are freelancing today, according to a national survey by the freelancers unioncrease enough in numbers to make up half of the labor force in the next five years. >> freelancers, consultants, independent contractors. that will change not only their life but the way that corporate america works. >> why this huge number of people who are kind of self employed like this? is this because they want to be or is this because the other jobs aren't out there? >> i think it's a combination of both. how much of the u.s. workforce is underemployed. in order to get up to what they need to be making, a lot of folks are freelancing and others are saying this is a more entrepreneurial economy. while they're trying to figure out how to do that, they may have a corporate job or regular job while they're trying to figure out how to become more entrepreneurial in the future and freelancing while they're trying to figure out how to do that. >> what's the biggest thing while you're transitioning. >> you can be your own boss and set your own deadlines. to be a successful boss of yourse