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3 Things You Should Know About Retirement, No Matter Your Age
You don’t have to believe the rumors about retirement: It doesn’t have to happen when you turn 65. It doesn’t have to mean the end of your working days. It doesn’t require moving to Florida. And just like there are different ways to retire, there are different...
Make Sure You Know These Finance Tips
In the U.S., the number of gig workers increased by 34% from 2020 to 2021. If you’re one of those new gig workers, it’s time to make sure your finances are in order! Whether gigs are your main source of income or part of a side hustle, be sure that you understand your...
Growing Number of Americans Leaving Full-time Jobs for Freelance Work
As Americans continue to quit their jobs at historic rates — an accelerating trend known as the "Great Resignation" — a growing number of full-time workers are breaking out of their 9-to-5 office jobs for something a little more free-range: contract...
The New Leadership Discipline Required in the Age of Isolation
Millions of workers are leaving work. Either by quitting or leaving the office to work remotely. These various departures from the normal are leaving more and more people feeling disconnected and lonely. Seventy-two percent of global workers say they experience...
The Future of Work: Not the Office or Home
more than one-third of all remote hours are now spent in a location other than the home. The now-common term “work from home” belies an important phenomenon in today’s economy: many people, when given the option to work remotely, are actually working from somewhere...
This CEO’s Remote Work Policy Is Only 10 Words
As employers and business leaders everywhere grapple with employee preferences on remote work, they might take a page out of Gravity CEO Dan Price's playbook. When Price recently polled employees to find out where they wanted to...
Gig Workers and Self-employed Need Two Years of Consistent Income for a Good Mortgage Rate
Gurupkar Gill has a steady job teaching English and tutoring international students. The 29-year-old chooses to flesh out his 30-hour workweek with gig work, because he enjoys the flexibility and relative intellectual ease. A Toronto native, he hasn’t yet ventured...
Managing Risk as a Gig Worker During Covid
While the early months of the pandemic saw an emphasis placed on the contributions made by previously under-appreciated workers, from grocery store staff to nurses, refuge collectors to delivery drivers. There is a sense that such enthusiasm has waned as the pandemic...
