, 81 percent of the millennials surveyed had already left or would consider leaving their full-time employment to be their own boss.
Millennials looking to be their own boss or take on freelance work should look where the opportunity is — and where experts project growth in coming years. For instance, while the bureau's data finds the self-employed will still dominate creative jobs like writing and design, it finds those categories will add the fewest jobs between now and 2026, according to its projections.
However, job opportunities within the personal care and service industry, such as childcare workers and maids, are expected to increase significantly. Jobs such as taxi driver and chauffeur will see some of the biggest growth, jumping 40 percent by 2026. Millennials can use the popularity of service-based platforms like Uber, Lyft and TaskRabbit to get a headstart on building a business of their own.1.