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Tips for Balancing Work from Home and Virtual Learning
The balancing act of virtual learning and working from home is a lot for anyone to handle. Jean Holthaus from Pine Rest gives advice and tips on how to deal with it all. The first tip is to lean on your community. While we might not be able to sit down together for a...
3 Essentials To Step Into Entrepreneurship
In a world where job opportunities are limited as well as limiting, entrepreneurship is a journey that many have opted to traverse. Some successfully: Tom Moyal, CEO of Digital Event, and Jay Awal, Founder and CEO of MxM, are entrepreneurs who have succeeded and share...
Why You Need a Virtual Work Spouse Now More Than Ever
Mere months ago, you might have thought it was weird—and maybe even a little tragic—that one of my closest personal and professional allies is someone I have met in person just once, through work. And that meeting was during the Bush presidency. But now...
The Gig Economy Wants its Coronavirus Shots
As California struggles to get a limited supply of coronavirus vaccines injected into the arms of those who need it the most, gig workers and the app makers that provide their livelihood are trying to elbow their way toward the front of the line. But the advocacy for...
After Prop 22, New York Split on Gig Worker Reforms
Many legislative issues have languished in Albany over the past year, pushed to the side to deal with the immediate concerns of the coronavirus pandemic, and the fate of gig workers is one of them. But while some labor groups hope to see workers such as Uber...
Biden Campaigned on Making Gig Workers Employees. Now He has to Convince Democrats.
The future of gig workers — including Uber drivers, DoorDash couriers, and other app workers — is likely to emerge as the most explosive labor issue for the incoming Biden administration, threatening to aggravate the tensions between the centrist and more...
Gig Worker in Retirement? How to manage Social Security, Savings
Feeling unprepared for retirement? Gig work in your senior years could be the solution. At least that's a conclusion made by a 2020 report from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. The study analyzes income replacement rates in retirement for...
Embracing the New World of Work
Today in this virtual environment, work is no longer just about productivity and output; it is also deeply about flexibility, about wellbeing and about effective collaboration. The fundamental question that arises is: Is it good enough to simply replicate what was...
