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AI Displacement In The Workplace Is Increasing – And Affecting Young People Most

There is good and bad news about AI disruption in the labor market. It’s still barely discernible as a trend with the technology responsible for adding around only 15 basis points to the overall unemployment rate. But, that figure has risen from 10 basis points last...

China: Proposed Social Security Law Sparks Gig Worker Pushback

With China's flexible workforce estimated at nearly 300 million, Beijing pledges to strengthen their safety, wages and basic social security. Guangzhou delivery vehicle driver Zhang Liang watches on warily as more graduates, former factory workers and other jobseekers...

Upwork: Skilled Freelancing Jumps To 38%

The future of work took a measurable step this month, as Upwork’s Future Workforce Index 2026 found that 38% of skilled U.S. knowledge workers now freelance. That is up sharply from 28% a year ago. The report, released July 14, surveyed 2,400 U.S. workers and paired...

‘Digital Lifeline’ – Gaza Tech Workers Give Glimpse Of Possible Future

"I was just in a trough, drowning in uncertainty," says Walaa Volidis, a Palestinian software engineer. "But deep inside, I made a decision: it will not be the end, no matter how hard it gets. I'll keep fighting for my dreams." Wearing a headset and glued to her...
The Uninsured Entrepreneur

Founders are often reticent to talk health insurance, but the consequences of living without it can be dire. What will it take to start the conversation? Chef Justin Sutherland’s freak boating accident on July 3 made national news. The timing of it seemed particularly...

2022 In Review: An Eventful Cybersecurity Year

Let’s not mince words: 2022 has been a rough and tumble year across the world when it comes to cybersecurity. It kicked off with Russia’s cyber-attacks on the Ukraine and escalated into a full-on kinetic war between the two countries. Many watched in horror as...

Don’t Include Full Address on Resume―Here’s Why

When it comes to reading your resume, recruiters notoriously spend very little time ― an average of 7.4 seconds, to be exact. That's according to a 2018 study by Ladders. That being the case, you'll want to include only the most relevant information to convince them...

Remote Work: New Rift for Couples

Hillaire Long used to like the pace of her job and life. Sure, trying to do it all could be unrelenting at times; but everyone was in the rat race right along with her. Then the pandemic showed her an alternative way to work—one that she didn't get to participate in....

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