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Box. thank you, appreciate it. see what happens. coming up, former florida governor jeb bush has a new argument for immigration reform, but i don't doubt it is one you have heard before. but first, many americans have given up finding a traditional job and gone to work for themselves. this american journey report, tom foreman shows us now some of the resources available to them. >> reporter: when this small tech company began out in kansas, one of the founder, dan carroll, knew he needed virtually no permanent staff. just talented temporary workers hired when needed and ready to embrace a ...

Is the most stable job you could have. >> reporter: he's not alone. one business study estimates there are already more than 17 million americans who no longer work for companies but sell their skills day by day, and that number could jump to 23 million in the next few years. >> yeah, freelancing is happening everywhere. >> reporter: at the freelancers union in new york, the founder, sarah horowitz, knows all about it. >> it's really a phenomenon where people are hard working and they're just putting together a bunch of projects and they work in fields ranging from being a doctor to a programm...

Staff, just talented temporary workers hired when needed and ready to embrace a new professional mantra. >> i guess sort of the idea that the job you create for yourself is the most stable job you have. >> reporter: he's not alone. one business study estimates there are already more than 17 million americans who no longer work for companies but sell their skills day by day, and that number could jump to 23 million in the next few years. >> yeah, freelancing is happening everywhere. >> reporter: at the freelance reunion in new york, the founder, sarah horowitz, knows all about it. >> it's reall...

In other news, the u.s. economy is holding its own right now. 175,000 jobs were added in the month of may. that's more than analysts expected and better than we did back in april but the unemployment rate bumped up 0.1 percentage point to 7.6%. with the up employment number slowing a slight change, some workers find their own way to cope with the lack of reliable jobs. they're creating their own jobs. tom foreman has this week's "american journey". >> reporter: when this small tech company began in kansas, one of the founders knew he needed to permanent staff. talented workers hired when neede...

>> yeah, she was like, sometimes it's better to be patient than rich. that's right. i knew then no matter what we were teaching our daughter the right thing. >> new unemployment figures are due out tomorrow and are expected to show little change with the job market the way it has been. more and more people are going out on their own as free lapsers. tom foreman reports in tonight's "american journey." >> when this small tech company began occupant in kansas, one of the founders dan carol, knew he needed no permanent staff. just temporary workers hired when needed and ready to embrace a new, pr...