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Sarah Madden on Slowing Down and Finding Escape into Freelancing
It took a global pandemic to slow many of us down and make others reassess their entire lives. For Sarah Madden, a graphic designer based in Leeds, she realised she wanted to embrace freelance illustration and design full-time to explore a better lifestyle. Now, for...
Gig Work Rebounds; Some Gig Workers Struggle with Inflation
The pandemic recovery is winding down, and the Fed is trying to curb economic growth to fight inflation. Gig workers are an increasingly important part of the workforce — though their wage and employment numbers aren’t counted in the Labor Department’s survey of...
FBI: Scammers Using Deep Fake Technology to Apply for Remote Work
According to the FBI’s latest announcement on their Internet Crime Complaint Center, more and more companies have been reporting people applying to jobs using images, video, and recordings that have been manipulated to look like someone else. What is a deep...
Internet Backs Worker Walking Out of Combative Interview
Members of a popular internet forum rushed to the defense of one prospective employee who put an abrupt end to a contentious job interview. In a viral Reddit post published on r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/AnxiousSprinkles396 (otherwise referred to as the...
SCOTUS Sides with Veteran Over Work Accommodations
A big win for local veteran Le Roy Torres after the Supreme Court ruled in his favor 5-4. It had been five years of fighting for Torres. Wednesday's decision strengthens protections for state-employed veterans returning to the workforce after serving in the reserves...
Three Lessons About Female Leadership
As women, we often learn—through experience or by others—that we need to temper our expectations. There is a certain flow to things, a set of experiences and a series of tests to pass before we’re qualified enough to reach the top. In the corporate world, we know it...
Unemployment Benefits: Who Gets Them, How to Apply and How Much They Pay
As crypto crashes and tech layoffs make the news, the specter of unemployment may be haunting Americans again, although the unemployment rate has remained at 3.6% for the past few months, its lowest point since the start of the COVID-19...
The 10 Qualities of a Good Mentor in a Workplace
Businesses need engaged employees. The problem is, there’s no silver bullet for engagement. Only 34% of U.S. employees are engaged, and this figure is going down, not up, according to Gallup. Now more than ever, mentorship has an important role to play. Employees...
