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How to Plan for Retirement in a Gig Economy
Being your own boss. Making your own schedule. Taking control of your career. Those perks and others—including not worrying about being downsized by your company—drive professionals into self-employment all the time. In fact, the gig economy keeps growing year after...
A Blessing for the Future of Women and Work
In May 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, our research team, including collaborators Yana van der Muelen Rogers, Elaine Zundl, and Sevinc Ulu, conducted a survey of working adults. We found that the early months of the pandemic ushered in an unforeseen...
The Future of Workforce Development
The novel coronavirus pandemic has moved most public employees to remote work situations. But the pandemic has not stopped the need for workforce development and government has had to adjust to a new world of online training and learning. Agencies have had to pivot to...
This Is What Hybrid Classrooms Have Taught Us About the Future of Work
After 17 years in business, nine teaching graduate online and a year of on-campus teaching during a pandemic, I’ve discovered we need to rethink the way we work and learn. Previous models were not built for a new hybrid environment where we need to engage remotely and...
10 Essential Business Reads from Writers of Color
The systemic racial injustices embedded in our country’s history and infrastructure have always plagued Black business owners. Black business owners receive less business financing, less often, and at higher rates. This is so prevalent that only 1% of Black...
Namibian Entrepreneur Creates Bricks Out of Discarded Plastic
Ladislaus Shikerete, an employee of the Rundu Town Council, has said that his creation of bricks made from recycled plastic and sand was meant to solve the town's solid waste management problems. "What motivated me was the fact that the town was dirty. It got me...
Best Websites for Free Education 2021
Online education tools have revolutionized the way we learn. Motivated students can learn at their own pace, with college-level courses that can be taken at any time to fit within today's busy lifestyles. You may wish to embark on a new career, learn a new language or...
Capitalizing on Your Strengths, Building a Better Team
CliftonStrengths was introduced in 2001 in the best-selling Now Discover Your Strengths. A measure of the strengths that make people successful, StrengthsFinder has been updated since then and is used by organizations worldwide. The assessment was created by...
