In a survey of 1,039 millennials by Elance -
oDesk released in October, nearly 80 percent of the respondents said they would like to quit their regular job to work for themselves.
According to a study of more than 5,000 American freelancers
released in August by the Freelancers Union and Elance -
oDesk, 34 percent of the U.S. workforce — or 53 million people — is now working as freelancers.