by dankeelan | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Future of Work
How we work is rapidly evolving as more companies adopt hybrid and remote work. Google, for instance, said this month that it is bringing back its employees in a hybrid fashion in April, while Twitter said it will open offices in March but employees can choose to work...
by dankeelan | Mar 8, 2022 | Finance, Taxes, Tips
The events of 2021 didn’t always play out as expected. A lingering pandemic, a shifting government response and a wave of career moves meant many people ended the year in a far different place from where they began. Now, as the income tax filing...
by dankeelan | Mar 8, 2022 | Gig Workers, Unions
The placards and picket lines commonly associated with unions have no place in the gig economy. Neither do collective bargaining, labor strikes, or brawling in the streets with strikebreakers. These are hallmarks of a bygone era. While labor unions can be a powerful...
by dankeelan | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Technology
When Arina, a 22-year-old illustrator in Russia, first started using the freelance work platform Upwork last year, it changed her life. “It was like opening a door into another world for me,” she said, speaking on the condition that her last name not be used out of...
by dankeelan | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Women
Since February 2020, 1.1 million women who left the labor force have yet to return, reported the Washington Post. Gayle Kaufman, a professor of sociology and gender and sexuality studies at Davidson College, said about the recent United States jobs reports, “I...
by dankeelan | Mar 1, 2022 | Future of Work, Technology
Digital transformation was already a huge talking point for companies before 2020, but that conversation went into hyperspeed when the pandemic hit. Almost overnight, not only did organizations need to have the right technology in place to keep business operations...
by dankeelan | Mar 1, 2022 | Mentoring
Largest-Ever Recognition of Corporations Across the Country Dedicating Outstanding Support for the Youth Mentoring Movement. MENTOR, the unifying champion for the mentoring movement, released its 2022 National Corporate Mentoring Honor Roll today, a list recognizing...
by dankeelan | Mar 1, 2022 | Future of Work, Remote Work
It’s not about working from home, it’s about being more strategic about meetings. Years ago, Google dropped jaws and sent millions into pure joy when it temporarily banned virtual meetings. It was a test to see if doing so would come with any of its...
by dankeelan | Mar 1, 2022 | Future of Work, Remote Work
Research led by Associate Professor Ashish Malik, Head of the Management Discipline at the University of Newcastle, Australia, concludes the impact of technological disruptions on several workplace innovations in workplace redesign. These include flexible work...
by dankeelan | Mar 1, 2022 | Benefits, Gig Workers, Insurance
As the U.S. workforce continues to migrate from traditional onsite employment locations to jobs as remote and contract employees, the gig economy has emerged as a new, flexible and short-term type of work. Recent statistics show roughly a third of US workers are part...
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