P E O P L E R E D E F I N I N G
WORK
West Virginia Can Lead on Freelance Economy
West Virginia is in a unique position to guide the course of U.S. Policy. The “Blue Wave” put the presidency and both houses of Congress under Democratic control, but with a catch. Namely, a few Democrats – most notably the state’s U.S. Senator Joe Manchin – are...
The Future Of Work: Work-on-Demand
Is it time to drop the word ‘gig’ from ‘gig economy’? Nobody says ‘smartphone’ any more, since nearly all phones are smart. And we’re now at a stage where on-demand, as-needed work appears to be the future of work; not for all jobs, but for many. A McKinsey survey...
The Hybrid Workplace: Engaging the Post-Pandemic Workforce in Midsize Companies
As the promise of large-scale vaccination programs come to fruition, midsize companies are now grappling with the realities of transitioning their workforce back into the office. But the question is not when to bring everyone back, but how to use this opportunity to...
Transitioning to Remote Work: The Apps You’ll Need to Ensure a Productive Workforce
The world is changing at a swift pace. A couple of years ago, remote work was an unheard term in the business world; it was a privilege enjoyed by a select few. However, this is no longer the case as more organizations are embracing working from home and its...
5 Rules for Writing a Killer Resume
Throughout my decades-long career as a wealth manager, I've read thousands of resumes, many of them from young job seekers. Almost all of them are plain and boring: Education, work experience and skills — that's it. The vast majority of them get tossed in the...
The Agile Workforce: a Look at the Future of Work
We live in an agile world. Incremental growth and continuous improvement have brought about change in just about every field imaginable. The workforce and work as we know it has been changing for a while, and it’s about to undergo a major shift. With continued...
How Gig Work Widens the Racial Wealth Gap
As the COVID-19 pandemic underscored economic inequality, the Institute for the Future set out to address deteriorating work conditions in the age of Uber by collecting low-wage workers’ stories and using them to call for change. “We’ve been thinking of the evolution...
Unemployment Benefits Basics: Who Qualifies, How to Apply, How Much You’ll Get
One year after the novel coronavirus pandemic began crippling the U.S. economy – especially the job market – the numbers remain discouraging: 18.2 million Americans were still filing for weekly unemployment benefits as of late February; 770,000 workers...
