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Chicago Gig Workers Who Rely on Cars Make Changes as Gas Prices Stay High
Even before gas prices soared across the country, ride-hailing driver Martinelli Quintanilla tried to stretch his gas tank as much as possible. Quintanilla — who also works in the hospitality industry — drives a Toyota Prius, which uses a gasoline engine and electric...
50 Percent of Women in STEM Careers Ready to Join Great Resignation
The Great Resignation is far from over for women in careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics with 50 percent of STEM + women ready to quit their job. Gotara (http://www.gotara.com), creator of the leading global career growth platform for women in...
Over Half of U.S. Workers Continue to Feel Mentally Unwell and Require Time Away from Work
New research from employee benefits provider Unum (NYSE: UNM) shows over half (56%) of U.S. workers, primarily Millennials and Gen Z, felt mentally unwell in the previous year. Additionally, 42% of employees said they needed to take time off from work to deal with...
Yelp to Shut Offices in New York, Chicago, D.C., Saying Future of Work is Remote
In a blog post, Chief Executive Jeremy Stoppelman said online-review company will close its “most consistently underutilized offices” in New York, Chicago and Washington D.C. effective July 29. “Combined, the three offices we’re closing saw a weekly average...
Reimagining a New York City Landmark for the Future of Work
In April 1952, architecture firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill unveiled its newest office building in New York City’s Midtown to spectators, business leaders, and fanfare from the press. ”It’s something strikingly new,” the New York Times wrote on the day of the...
Making the Future of Work More Inclusive
The celebration of Pride month in June and recognition of challenges faced by the LGBTIQ+ community has never been more significant than now for the technology industry. According to The Center for Talent Innovation’s (CTI) business report, LGBTIQ+ Inclusive...
Thousands of Students Learn Job Skills at Bidwell Training Center
It's called The Great Resignation – people quitting their jobs in droves wanting something different, something better. The Bidwell Training Center has been providing job training for 50 years. Horticulture students grow herbs in a greenhouse, which will then be used...
Study: U.S. Child Care Aid would Supercharge Employment for Moms
Subsidizing child care, a key part of President Joe Biden’s pandemic recovery legislation that has so far failed to pass into law, would increase the number of mothers in the workforce and boost wages for industry workers, among other social and economic benefits,...
