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Why This Oklahoma Group Keeps ‘Diversity’ In Its Name

Michael Korenblit looked around the room as the Respect Diversity Foundation's board of directors took a vote on whether to change the nonprofit's name. Would they decide to take the word "diversity" out of the foundation's name or leave it intact? Korenblit, a...

Study: Amazon, Gig Companies See Spike In Workers On SNAP & Medicaid

While the number of working adults who depend on food stamps and Medicaid has ticked up since the start of the pandemic, the number of recipients who work at Amazon and on gig economy platforms has exploded, according to a new report from the U.S. Government...

Paidwork Breach Exposes Bank Data of 23 Million Gig Workers

A database stolen from Paidwork in March 2026 surfaced on a cybercrime forum in April and became public on July 19, when Have I Been Pwned confirmed the breach hit more than 23 million accounts, according to Help Net Security and Malwarebytes. The 11GB file includes...

Global Auto Mobility Engineering Careers Tour – Featuring Western Michigan Sunseeker Solar Team

Global Auto Mobility is happy to announce another feature in our Astemo Engineering Careers Tour — featuring a group of engineering students we met at Western Michigan University. As technology pushes us toward innovative mobility products and services, who are the...
Optimizing Your Hybrid Teams Through Neuroinclusion

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....

Amazon To Cut A Few Hundred Jobs At Healthcare Units

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,...

AI At Work

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...

Why Women Look For Gig Jobs: Avoiding The Old Boys Network

Jean-Paul Sartre once said, “Hell is other people.” The French philosopher wouldn’t get much of an argument from many working women. There’s a reason lots of women are freelancing, doing contract or gig jobs and saying goodbye to the traditional workplace − and it’s...

Is ‘Kind Productivity’ The Future Of Work?

Is this kind? If every decision made by every person at work—where many of us spend most of our daily lives—were to begin with that one question, what would the workplace look like? Laura Tan is a company director, "a lifelong grafter", and a firm believer that...

Personality Traits That Can Help You Ace A Job Interview

Anna Papalia, the Philadelphia-based author of the just-published book, “Interviewology” (Harper Business, Jan. 30, 2024), has some key tips for those in search of new jobs — as well as those on the front lines of filling those positions. Speaking to Fox News...

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