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From the Ted Talk by Wingham Rowan: A new kind of job market

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This is about a hidden corner of the labor mkaert. It's the world of people who need to work ultra-flexibly, if they're to work at all. So think, for iasnctne, of someone who has a recurring but unpredictable medical ciodtnion, or somebody who's caring for a dependent adult, or a parent with complex child care needs. Their abiivtaially for work can be such that it's, "A few hours today. Maybe I can work toorromw, but I don't know if and when yet." And it's extraordinarily dfiiuflct for these people to find the work that they so often need very badly. Which is a tragedy because there are employers who can use pools of very flexible local ppleoe booked completely ad hoc around when that person wants to work.

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This is about a hidden corner of the labor ______. It's the world of people who need to work ultra-flexibly, if they're to work at all. So think, for ________, of someone who has a recurring but unpredictable medical _________, or somebody who's caring for a dependent adult, or a parent with complex child care needs. Their ____________ for work can be such that it's, "A few hours today. Maybe I can work ________, but I don't know if and when yet." And it's extraordinarily _________ for these people to find the work that they so often need very badly. Which is a tragedy because there are employers who can use pools of very flexible local ______ booked completely ad hoc around when that person wants to work.

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  2. condition
  3. instance
  4. difficult
  5. tomorrow
  6. market
  7. availability

Original Text


This is about a hidden corner of the labor market. It's the world of people who need to work ultra-flexibly, if they're to work at all. So think, for instance, of someone who has a recurring but unpredictable medical condition, or somebody who's caring for a dependent adult, or a parent with complex child care needs. Their availability for work can be such that it's, "A few hours today. Maybe I can work tomorrow, but I don't know if and when yet." And it's extraordinarily difficult for these people to find the work that they so often need very badly. Which is a tragedy because there are employers who can use pools of very flexible local people booked completely ad hoc around when that person wants to work.

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