by dankeelan | Aug 23, 2022 | Diversity, Entrepreneurs
Incfile, a Texas-based firm that assists startups with official filings, conducted a study ranking Washington, D.C. as the nation’s best city for Black entrepreneurs. The study ranked the 10 best and five worst cities for Black entrepreneurs to start their...
by dankeelan | Aug 23, 2022 | Age, Featured, Mentoring
A business is nothing without a productive team — but with a fluctuating workforce with varying degrees of digital proficiency between younger and older workers, employers are finding that the traditional structure of workplace relationships and mentorship is not...
by dankeelan | Aug 23, 2022 | Featured, Future of Work
There are plenty of reasons why you might choose to freelance instead of taking a full-time job in your industry, whether it’s to work remotely, do something more creative or otherwise gain freedom or flexibility over your work life. It can also be helpful in...
by dankeelan | Aug 23, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Leadership
The freelance (or gig) economy is here to stay. There are a growing number of people who think their work is undervalued and are willing to piecemeal their work to various companies in the form of short-term contractual labor in order to meet the compensation they...
by dankeelan | Aug 23, 2022 | Gig Workers, Pay
Working gigs is a perfectly acceptable way to earn a living, and more and more people are realizing it. Currently, the U.S. has around 70 million gig workers, a number that is expected to steadily increase to over 90 million by 2028, according to Statista. To learn...
by dankeelan | Aug 22, 2022 | Michigan, Training
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced new partnership with Google that will help connect people in Michigan searching for jobs with free training to help them land jobs in growing fields. This collaboration will connect 500 job seekers with in Michigan with access to Google...
by dankeelan | Aug 7, 2022 | Pay, Race
More companies are disclosing their internal data on racial pay equity. The bad news: even more companies aren’t ready to share, and that suggests progress at reaching parity in pay between white and non-white employees remains slow across the corporate landscape. An...
by dankeelan | Aug 7, 2022 | Interview, Jobs
There are more bizarre ways to score a job interview than you may think. Tiktok user @swedishswan is proving this to be true. The woman shares she woke up to the unfortunate news one morning, receiving an email from a company she had applied to...
by dankeelan | Aug 7, 2022 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
The U.S. hiring saw a dramatic increase in July, as the economy added 528,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. The report defied expectations of a hiring slowdown as the Federal...
by dankeelan | Aug 7, 2022 | Featured, Remote Work, Technology
Imagine you’re an inexperienced techie who wants to apply for a job at a company. Let’s say you have a roommate or a friend who already has a job and a much better grasp on the hellish concept of job interviews, which make you shudder when you think about them. What...
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