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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...
Psychological Effects of Remote Work

Although scientific research has historically highlighted the benefits of remote working—including a boost in employee morale, health and well-being, and productivity—that was before the pandemic. The research assumed that working from home was a choice rather...

Enabling the Gig Economy Through Technology

The gig economy continues to offer a unique working environment thanks to improvements in digital platforms.  Over the last 30 years, the workplace has evolved due to an aging workforce, an increase in information and increasingly fast-paced working environments....

DC AG Sues Instacart Over Service Fees

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announced a lawsuit Thursday against Instacart, claiming the grocery delivery service collected millions of dollars by deceiving customers into thinking that an optional service fee would be used as a tip for...

Companies Hiring Now

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 1.8 million new jobs were added during the month of July alone. Recovery, it seems, has already begun. Of course, when it comes to finding a job during the pandemic, work from home careers are in high demand. If...

Remote Jobs You Can Land Quickly

Some job search websites do specialize in the types of jobs that hire quickly, and some of those are remote jobs. We created a guide to freelance and gig job platforms to help anyone looking for a more immediate job opportunity. These types of online job boards tend...

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