by dankeelan | Feb 22, 2022 | Featured, Future of Work, Jobs, U.S. Economy
Public health crises past and present have caused labor shortages that ripped out and reworked the fabric of society. The Great Plague liberated serfs, the Spanish Flu brought women to the workplace, and COVID-19 is empowering modern employees to redefine work-life...
by dankeelan | Feb 15, 2022 | Featured, Future of Work, Jobs
Judging by the record number of people who’ve quit their jobs in the pandemic -– the so-called Great Resignation -– millions of Americans don’t really like their work. Which doesn’t mean they’re not worried about losing out to robots — there’s an...
by dankeelan | Feb 15, 2022 | Jobs, Tips
More than 4.5 million people left their jobs in November 2021—an all-time high, according to US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) numbers released last month. If you’re among this legion of gig seekers, know that Glassdoor recently released its 50...
by dankeelan | Feb 8, 2022 | Gig Workers, Jobs
The explosion in popularity of ride sharing and food delivery apps means that gig work, or contract work, has become a much more common form of employment across the country. But the mass exodus of workers from the retail industry over the course of the pandemic means...
by dankeelan | Feb 8, 2022 | Career, Jobs
Ten million jobs in creative industries worldwide were lost in 2020 as a result of the Covid pandemic, and the increasing digitisation of cultural output means it is harder than ever for artists to make a living, a Unesco report has said. Covid has led to...
by dankeelan | Feb 8, 2022 | Age, Jobs
When Noy Rigoni lost his welding job in 2019, he figured he’d have no trouble finding a new one. The job market in the Portland, Oregon, area, where he lives in the suburbs, was solid, plus, trade groups report a nationwide shortage of welders. But Rigoni has been...
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