Are Your Ready for your Next Gig? The word gig comes from the music world; a gig is a paid appearance of limited duration. A gig economy is an environment in which temporary employment is common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements. Todays workforce is expected to change jobs at least seven times before retirement. The gig economy will make workers independent of one company, and job changing will be far easier than ever before. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the gig economy? What are the opportunities provided by the gig economy? Give examples when you answer the questions above using ideas from Topic 5 (Affiliate program, viral marketing,). Also search for stories of individuals like you, knowledge workers and business majors, who succeeded in the gig economy.