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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...
Going ‘Insider Gig’ Way

Skill requirements are getting more dynamic posing challenges for the big organizations to cope up with competing start-ups. One of the mushrooming concepts which can help solve the talent crunch and grow faster for these high populous/human resource-rich...

Best Industries to Specialize in as a Freelance Writer

Article writing and copywriting are lucrative career choices for writers. If you have a niche subject area, the earning potential could be significantly higher. But which areas is it worth specializing in to win the best and most lucrative commissions? More From...

Tired of Trying to Get Your People to Wear More Hats?

I was building my first entrepreneurial company, a mission-driven, tech-powered healthcare startup. I joined the founder as his first full-time hire. He had previously helped run a much larger company, had huge ideas, and was looking for a place to build everything he...

Gig Economy Can Be Win-Win Situation

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, the traditional workplace, whose foundations go back to the 1940s, has gone through some pretty striking changes, with everyone wondering about what will unfold to replace the nine-to-five jobs that we are familiar with. The...

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