…Lifelong Learning = >50% of Freelancers Updated Skills Within Past 6 Months When Did You Last Participate in Skill-Related Training? 75% 70% 55% ts en 50% 45% nd po Res 30% USA 25% of % 0% Feelancers Non-Freelancers Within Past 6 Months >6 Months Ago / Never Source: Edelman Research / Upwork ‘Freelancing In America: 2017.’ Note: Survey conducted July-August 2017 on 2,173 Freelance Employees who have received 236 payment for supplemental temporary, or project-oriented work in the past 12 months.