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Veterans Often Overlooked and Under-represented in Today’s Workforce
Paul A. Dillon, founder of Dillon Consulting Services LLC, and adjunct instructor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, is a career expert in veterans as a distinct employment class. According to Dillon, including veterans in the recruiting and hiring...
Remote Work Isn’t a Perk to Toss into the Mix
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic made working from home more common and prompted some people to relocate, journalists Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel did both: They moved from New York City to Montana in 2017, and from staff jobs at BuzzFeed News and...
Why (And How) to Get More Women in Leadership Roles
Despite the proven benefits of gender diversity, there is a conspicuous deficit of women in C-suite roles compared to their male counterparts. Recent data from Korn Ferry indicates that women occupy only 25% of C-suite roles, and a meager 6% of CEO roles. Getting...
Why Every Gig Worker Needs an Online Calendar
As a gig worker, the most essential aspect of your job will be to meet a plethora of deadlines. If you miss deadlines, you don’t get paid, and you’ll quickly lose customers. You want to be known as a reliable worker so that the request and recommendations continue to...
How Gig Workers Can Avoid Big Tax Surprises
Detroit bass player Grover “GT” Tigue knows too well about the wildly varying rhythms of the gig economy. Tigue has been a musician for the past 21 years, but he saw his bookings crash for roughly a year during the pandemic. “I didn’t start gigging in 2021 until about...
Cannabis in the Workplace: Survey Says It’s Complicated
The National Safety Council (NSC), America's leading nonprofit safety advocate, released results of a survey conducted as part of an ongoing effort to assess the risks of cannabis in the workplace and the results are clear: employers must do more to educate and...
The Future of Work and Collaboration: Reinvented and Transformed
Most people still think in terms of returning to work and life as we knew it once the pandemic is over. Meanwhile, return-to-office plans continue to be disrupted, impeding any real chance to test out hybrid models which many have held out hope for a longer-term...
Why Micro-Credentials are Huge for the Future of Work
Today, the pressing talent shortage is hitting just about every business and organization in a big way. It’s more than just a matter of sourcing people willing to work; they also have to possess the skills that match up with the role. Research by Robert...
