Thomas Oppong is a blogger, top writer at Medium and an influential marketer. He is the founding editor of AllTopStartups.com, a small business advice blog. He worked with the Microsoft small business team to encourage small businesses to embrace cloud technology. He has been published in the Business Insider, Forbes, Quartz, CNBC, Entrepreneur Magazine, The New York Observer, Thought Catalog, The Ladder, The Good Men Project and The Muse.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates that the rising gig economy has grown by more than 65 percent. According to a parliamentary report, 15 percent of UK workers is self-employed. The promise of freedom, flexibility, control and a bigger, better, and a more creative career makes independent work an easy and viable career option for young professionals. Gig work offers young professionals a hedge against feeling stuck, and the rare possibility of making a living on their own terms.

With the rise of contract work, on-demand mobile workforce, and flexible work hours, it’s becoming even more important to understand how to effectively work for yourself, manage yourself time, stay productive and profit from a skill. Working in the Gig Economy is a complete guide to successfully navigate the new flexible and changing world of work, and pitch yourself as an indispensable expert in your industry.

Publishing Working in the Gig Economy has given me far more exposure than I could have done without Kogan Page. I believe the driving force of a career must come from the individual. Pitching yourself as an expert is the ultimate form of career insurance!

The future of work is a lifestyle of personal preferences, personal development, and personal responsibility. The book is helping me spread the message about choosing to build a viable career as an expert in any field.

Working in the Gig Economy: How to Thrive and Succeed When You Choose to Work for Yourself has been shortlisted in the Start-up Inspiration category of the Business Book Awards sponsored by Pathway2Grow. To get your copy of the book Click here.