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Identify Your Team’s Remote Work Style
From an abundance of communication to uninterrupted blocks of alone time, we all have certain ways we like to get things done. When everyone is in the office, it can be easy to identify an employee’s style by observing their behavior. With remote working arrangements,...
Top 10 home trends for 2021
The top home trends predicted for 2021 — a permanent home office and resort-style living, indoors and out — are directly connected to needs we discovered while staying put during the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers at the real estate marketplace Zillow came up with...
Gig Apps Keeping Working Through Pandemic
America’s job market was firing on all cylinders, until suddenly it wasn’t. Now it’s 10 months gone to COVID — along with a few million jobs — and folks are looking for work. Smartphone apps are the new office headhunters, filling spots on the fly in ways that are to...
The Gig Economy in Full Force in 2021
In recent years, the gig economy has become an attractive solution for both employees and workers alike, offering both flexibility and lower commitment than traditional work models. But since the dawn of COVID-19, it's seen a new resurgence in popularity, as employers...
Seven Tips for Getting Things Done as a New Entrepreneur
Many founders might not admit this, but entrepreneurship can be daunting and at times scary, especially when starting out. Many people who start a business begin with a real buzz; they are passionate, determined and ambitious with dreams of seeing the dollar or pound...
The ‘K-shaped’ Recovery Won’t Be Kind to Canada’s Older Workers
As if the pandemic hasn’t thrown enough challenges at Santa – or rather Santas – a California law is making it harder for the jolly fellows who appear in malls or guest at parties to find work. These Santa Clauses are typically older workers perhaps filling in...
New Tool Verifies Income of Gig Workers
Steady, a groundbreaking app used by over 2.5 million 1099, hourly and gig workers in the U.S., today launched its "Income Verifier" product, which utilizes its proven and scaled income intelligence to allow states to alleviate the financial and clerical burden of...
Make More Money as a Freelance Writer
In December 2019, I was suddenly without a job and only had about one freelance assignment every other month. But this time, I kicked up my freelancing game — and went from making almost nothing to matching my full-time salary in less than 90 days. If you’ve got...
