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GM’s Remote Work Plan Surprisingly Simple: ‘Work Appropriately”
General Motors is taking a surprisingly simple approach to its return to work strategy for employees: “Work appropriately.” That’s the message being conveyed Tuesday by CEO Mary Barra and other GM leaders about how the automaker plans to reintegrate its...
Zero-Trust at Home: No-Exception Remote Work
The zero-trust approach has long been a popular strategy for organizations looking for airtight security in the workplace. By consistently questioning who a user is and what they want to do, we expel a potentially harmful blind trust; assumptions go out the...
53% of Workers Now Say Side Hustles Are a Must. 3 Tips for Finding the Right One
Side hustles are hardly a new thing, but in the wake of the pandemic, they may become more popular. In fact, 53% of workers now have or intend to have a second source of income outside of their main jobs, according to a recent Jobvite survey. By comparison, only 36%...
How to Grow Your Business in the Gig Economy
It only takes an idea and $50 to create an LLC online today. From a technology perspective, a small business owner can replicate anything that a larger corporation can. Bill Furlong, founder, and CEO of SquareStack and author of “Appify Your Business” says today’s...
The Best (and Worst) States for Remote Work
With attitudes and policies around remote work changing rapidly, workers across the country are beginning to ask themselves an exciting question: If I could work from home forever, where would I live? Among workers with jobs that can be done remotely, only...
Gig Workers Fear Carjacking, Other Violence Amid Spike in Crimes
Just before Christmas last year, Willy Solis, a 42-year-old residential construction worker-turned-delivery driver, was hired to take a late-night $100 bottle of cognac to an apartment complex in Denton, Texas. Once Solis found the apartment, he met a stocky man who...
Student Tutoring Program Finds Pandemic Success
Children and parents alike have faced unique struggles in the past year under quarantine; many caretakers have taken on a new responsibility: teaching their children at home. To lend a hand, two friends on the pre-medical path at UC Davis — Vikki Krysov and Michelle...
How to Make Your Freelance Reporting Sustainable
Newsroom layoffs have become an evergreen storyline in the media industry today. More than 16,000 newsroom jobs in the U.S. were slashed in 2020, across local newsrooms and media giants alike. Whether by choice or increasingly out of necessity, it is...






