by dankeelan | Jan 5, 2021 | Diversity, Future of Work, U.S. Economy
The pandemic transformed the workforce for organizations across all verticals, with employees quickly and unexpectedly transitioned from offices to working from home. The new year brings more complications. Vaccine distribution could mean a return to offices, but most...
by dankeelan | Jan 5, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
At first it felt like a normal side effect of being employed. But buried underneath well-intentioned advice to “unplug from work!” and “enjoy your downtime!” came the unsettling realization that taking time away from work, be it a weekend or a...
by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Finance, Tips
The pandemic brought on the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Even with the promise of new vaccines, public health experts don’t expect life to go back to normal anytime soon. The economy started to recover from being shut down from June to...
by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Featured, Small Business, Tips
Small businesses have to constantly grow and change to keep up with the market. The new year is an opportunity to evaluate where you’ve been and create goals. Members of the online small business community have tons of ideas for improving in the new year. If you don’t...
by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Diversity
Ride-hailing companies Lyft and Uber face a long road in creating more racial equity at the top of their organizations, a new USA TODAY analysis shows. A snapshot of leadership at both companies illustrates their ongoing struggle to boost the...
by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Future of Work
2020 will undoubtedly be remembered as the year of the pandemic. Covid-19 caused careers to careen and the abrupt changes that were thrust on an unsuspecting world had a huge socio-cultural impact. People were confined indoors, businesses shut shop … Read more...
by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Entrepreneurs, Featured
Since the proliferation of online advertising, marketing has become a staple of any good business plan. While not all marketing strategies depend on Internet ads, they do represent a large portion of online promotion and marketing...
by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Remote Work, Technology
Goodbye, 2020 — and good riddance, right? Most of us don’t want to take too much from this year into the next — but let’s make an exception for what we learned about security in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021 after all, more enterprises will...
by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Future of Work, Remote Work
With millions of Americans moving to working remotely in 2020, the work landscape has changed dramatically. And with that, so too has the perception of remote work as the benefits for employers and employees alike have come to light. Having a choice of work...
by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Benefits, Featured, Finance, Gig Workers
Washington state will spend $54 million to provide one-time payments to nearly 100,000 gig and self-employed workers cut off from unemployment benefits because of the impasse over the federal COVID-19 relief and spending bill. Gov. Jay Inslee announced Sunday that the...
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