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Study: Skilled Trades Shortages Threaten $1 Trillion Annual Loss

A large shortage of workers to fill millions of skilled trades jobs could result in $1 trillion in economic losses annually, according to new research from JLL. The commercial real estate services company revealed Tuesday that by 2030, an estimated 2.1 million skilled...

You Can’t Be Disconnected At Home And Magically Connected At Work

Here’s the story most leaders carry: I’m different at work. I’m on. I’m focused. Whatever is going on at home stays at home. I understand the appeal. It feels like discipline. Like professionalism. Like exactly the kind of thing a high performer should be able to do....

Paying Workers To Come In — Instead Of Mandating RTO

Employees at Superhuman, which offers AI assistant apps including Grammarly, dug in their heels when a two-day in-office mandate was introduced last April. It was met with "negative energy and sentiment," chief people officer Kenny Mendes told Business Insider. So,...

The Future Of Engineering Is Hybrid

The future of engineering will not be defined by AI alone. It will be defined by how humans and AI work together. AI is a human-created technology. It becomes valuable when paired with domain knowledge, judgment and accountability. Humans with AI can do more than AI...
Freelance Jobs You Can Do from Anywhere

Many people are interested in becoming a freelancer these days, and it makes sense when you think about the possibilities and freedoms. For example: You have a flexible schedule that you can dictate.Now you can work from home or wherever you likeYour earning potential...

New Remote Work Challenges + Tech Fixes

Twitter announced it would let employees work from home full-time indefinitely, Facebook announced that half of its workforce would permanently go remote over the next decade, while Shopify, Dropbox, and others have also made the shift to a fully remote future. A lot...

Five Benefits that May Disappear Without Stimulus

The March CARES Act, which authorized the first $1,200 stimulus check and the $600 weekly unemployment bonus, assisted hundreds of millions of Americans who were unemployed or in financial need when the pandemic first took root. In August, Trump signed four executive...

Picking a Pandemic Side Gig Takes Hustle

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans have become unemployed. Many are turning to the gig economy to make money. And it's booming. "Obviously online shopping has become huge, and so delivery services are packed. You've got Amazon Flex trucks...

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