by dankeelan | May 16, 2023 | Age, Featured, Gig Workers, Retirement
Russ Eanes was burning out at his job, and he had just hit 60, but he wasn’t ready to retire. A former minister in the Mennonite church, he had worked for a decade as an executive at a religious-book publisher but found himself in the unhappy role of helping to shrink...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs
Gig work — work for hire as a self-employed freelancer or independent contractor — is more popular than ever. In fact, 36% of employed respondents to McKinsey’s 2022 “American Opportunity Survey” (AOS) identify as independent workers. Twenty-six percent of that group...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Cybersecurity, Featured, Remote Work
There’s a pretty good chance that wherever you’re reading this article, it’s not from your desk in a traditional office. You might instead be reading it while you’re working from home or from a coffee shop or another space, or maybe on your...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Featured, Leadership, Remote Work
Employees and employers may finally be reaching a happy middle ground on remote work arrangements, a new report finds. And it’s not the old model of requiring workers to come into the office every day. A majority of companies now offer hybrid work arrangements,...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Hybrid Workplace, Remote Work
The question “do we really need to go to the office?” is something many employees are asking in the face of the leadership at major companies like Amazon, Apple, Disney, Starbucks, and JP Morgan mandating three or more days a week of office-based...
by dankeelan | May 2, 2023 | Featured, Fractional, Future of Work, Gig Workers
Not long ago, Tiffany Putland traded a steady paycheck in management at one of the state’s largest companies for a patchwork of part-time gigs. No regrets. “I’ve never been happier professionally to be honest,” she said. “I make my own...
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