40 percent of the U.S. workforce is made up of contingent workers - that is, people who don't have what we traditionally consider secure jobs. Shocked? Not so much probably. “Information about contingent employment helps to determine whether the existing framework of labor market protections, predicated on employer-employee relationships, will continue to be appropriate and adequate in the future.” When it comes to jobs, it's all about your personal will to strive and do better than the rest.