by dankeelan | Jul 21, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Jobs
Every day, a three-year-old startup called Mercor pays more than 30,000 contractors upward of $4 million to help make their own jobs, and the jobs of their colleagues, obsolete. That figure was first reported by The New York Times in July 2026, and it says a lot about...
by dankeelan | Jul 21, 2026 | Featured, Future of Work, Jobs
Highlighting the importance of equipping young people with what is needed for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship, World Youth Skills Day, marked annually on 15 July, raises an important question related to its 2026 theme, Skills for the Shared Future: how...
by dankeelan | Jul 21, 2026 | Featured, Future of Work
Your dream job may still be waiting to be created. Companies aren’t just replacing executives anymore. They’re inventing entirely new leadership jobs. New executive search data shows that 35 percent of leadership searches were for roles that didn’t previously exist,...
by dankeelan | Jul 7, 2026 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
After three months of solid job growth, June marked a somewhat weaker month for the U.S. labor market as employers added 57,000 jobs and data from previous months was revised downward, the Labor Department said July 2. The health...
by dankeelan | Jul 7, 2026 | Featured, Finance, Gig Workers, Tips
If you’re new to freelancing, your first year can bring a huge learning curve. (Ask me, a long-time freelance writer, how I know.) You go from a steady, predictable paycheck every two weeks to getting paid in dribs, drabs and lump sums. Then come the inevitable...
by dankeelan | Jul 7, 2026 | Featured, Leadership
LEADERSHIP IS A JOURNEY WITH A UNIQUE PARADOX Here it is: there is always room to grow, which is both the most exciting and the most challenging part of the role.When you start a business or step into a major leadership position, you suddenly find yourself at the...
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