by dankeelan | Feb 20, 2024 | Featured, Jobs
The United States labor market has started the new year with a bang. The U.S. economy added over 350,000 jobs last month, far exceeding expectations. That means plenty of work for those who want it, yet the number of jobs does not always equal quality. When it...
by dankeelan | Feb 20, 2024 | Gig Workers
If you’ve been working on a side hustle for any period of time, there may come a point when you’re ready to turn it into a full-time business. Before you make this critical life decision, you’ll want to ensure that you’re absolutely ready to make the jump so that you...
by dankeelan | Feb 20, 2024 | Delivery, Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
Delivering for Uber Eats and DoorDash as a gig worker got less lucrative last year, according to a new study. Uber Eats drivers saw the biggest decline in gross earnings at 15.4%, according to a study from Gridwise Analytics, which gathers data on...
by dankeelan | Feb 20, 2024 | Creativity, Entrepreneurs
Workshifter spoke with Marina Pilibosian Bozabalian from Birmingham Jewelry about her family’s story and five decades of growth a Birmingham Jewelry. PLEASE TELL US A BIT ABOUT THE COMPANY AND THE FAMILY I grew up in this business. My father, Gregory...
by dankeelan | Feb 13, 2024 | Featured, Retirement
Today’s workforce and workplace are in unprecedented flux. Organizations have serious talent gaps to fill, for all sorts of reasons: high employee turnover, low employee engagement, the dramatic shift to remote and hybrid work, the continuing Baby Boomer retirement...
by dankeelan | Feb 13, 2024 | Hybrid Workplace
Remote work, of course, wasn’t spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many organizations have been offering remote or hybrid work options for some time, and some job applicants were marketing themselves as “fully remote” job candidates before 2020....
by dankeelan | Feb 13, 2024 | Gen Z, Mentoring
When you think of traditional mentoring, you picture an older, more senior executive who provides advice and guidance to younger employees. Mentors, sponsors and coaches help workers improve their skills, fast-track their careers and avoid common pitfalls. By...
by dankeelan | Feb 13, 2024 | Healthcare, Jobs
Amazon.com will cut a few hundred jobs across its healthcare units, Amazon Healthcare Services executive Neil Lindsay said in a letter to employees on Tuesday. Roughly 115 positions may be eliminated at One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy, according to Business Insider,...
by dankeelan | Feb 13, 2024 | Europe, Featured, Remote Work
European countries lead the rest of the world in terms of remote work as they dominate NordLayer’s list of best destinations. NordLayer’s Global Remote Work Index 2023 took into account the cybersecurity, economics, infrastructure, and social safety of 108...
by dankeelan | Feb 13, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence
AI, once an ambiguous science fiction trope, has become an ambiguous business buzzword, as every technology product races to implement what Silicon Valley thinks is the greatest innovation since the internet. But lost in the conversation are stories about the people...
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