by dankeelan | Apr 6, 2021 | Featured, Finance, Gig Workers, Tips, U.S. Economy
No matter what you call it — gig work, side hustle, freelance — if you earn income of $400 or more in a year, you’ll have to pay federal taxes on those earnings, along with contributions to Social Security and Medicare. Figuring out what you owe can be...
by dankeelan | Apr 6, 2021 | Management, Tips
Think there’s a correlation between a candidate’s years of experience and subsequent job performance? Think again. Skim any list of job postings and nearly all will expect candidates to meet an experience requirement. For example, one study of over 95,000...
by dankeelan | Apr 6, 2021 | Benefits, Jobs, U.S. Economy
Initial Jobless Claims went back up last week, crossing the 700K mark many thought we’d left behind and up from the 675K analysts were expecting. It’s also up 62K from the previous week’s 657K, though this figure was drastically reduced on this week’s revision, from...
by dankeelan | Apr 6, 2021 | Diversity, Entrepreneurs, Featured, Future of Work
The pandemic has had a devastating impact on the US$90 trillion global economy – from job insecurity and rising unemployment to huge levels of stress on people and health-care services. However, we have seen positive developments emerge:...
by dankeelan | Apr 6, 2021 | Future of Work, Gig Workers, Healthcare
A press announcement crossed our desk recently and it sure sounded like a California based provider of on-demand physical therapy services is, in effect, becoming the Uber or GrubHub of rehab. The company, Rocklin California-based Luna Care, Inc., announced that they...
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