by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2021 | Benefits, Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
Gig Workers Collective, a grassroots organization fighting for better treatment of independent contractors, has announced planning for a walk off for Instacart shoppers on October 16. The group says shoppers will cease work until Instacart meets five demands, which...
by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2021 | Gig Workers
Napoleon didn’t deride the English as “a nation of shopkeepers,” although that phrase is commonly attributed to him. In fact, it was Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac, a French revolutionary who used it when attacking the achievements of British Prime Minister William Pitt,...
by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2021 | Featured, U.S. Economy, Veterans
Paul A. Dillon, founder of Dillon Consulting Services LLC, and adjunct instructor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, is a career expert in veterans as a distinct employment class. According to Dillon, including veterans in the recruiting and hiring...
by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2021 | Book Review, Remote Work
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic made working from home more common and prompted some people to relocate, journalists Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel did both: They moved from New York City to Montana in 2017, and from staff jobs at BuzzFeed News and...
by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2021 | Diversity, Leadership, Women
Despite the proven benefits of gender diversity, there is a conspicuous deficit of women in C-suite roles compared to their male counterparts. Recent data from Korn Ferry indicates that women occupy only 25% of C-suite roles, and a meager 6% of CEO roles. Getting...
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