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Avoiding Scammers Posting as Freelancers
Small businesses looking to hire a freelancer online, beware. Scammers are creating fake accounts on platforms like Upwork. They use photos and resumes of real professionals and entice businesses with low rates. How the scam works You are looking to hire a freelancer,...
LinkedIn Survey: 1 in 3 Millennials in India Prefer Remote Work
While 38 per cent of Gen X and 29 per cent of baby boomers are willing to return to the workplace as soon as they can, nearly one in three Gen Z and millennials would want to continue working remotely until they feel safer about being around each other amid the...
Remote Work Productivity Tips
Remote working can be a lonely enterprise in this era of social distancing, but it doesn't have to be. For those who thought working from home was temporary, who didn't set clear boundaries and who didn't establish an organized work station, distractions can...
Is Remote Work Here To Stay?
Our building is still mostly abandoned, but our building's manager had already taken precautions for that elusive day when we might all return. There were stand-six-feet-apart circles in the lobby to encourage social distance. Our elevators could only fit four...
Musicians Financially Impacted by COVID
It’s a tough time to be a musician, with the coronavirus pandemic canceling concerts both big and small. With a lack of gigs for independent musicians, Mitch Glazier with the Recording Industry Association of America said the artists are not getting paid and are...
Tax Tips for Gig Workers
If you’re a gig worker — whether or not you’re currently receiving unemployment benefits because of the coronavirus — the IRS wants to remind you about your responsibility when it comes to paying taxes. The federal government taxes unemployment benefits, and that’s a...
Refresh Your skills and Secure an Income
Revitalise your skills to stay relevant amid the Covid-19 job crisis. The latest statistics on the work crisis brought on by Covid-19 predicts that nearly half of the global workforce risk job losses. This pandemic has accelerated shifts that were being made by the...
Investment Firm to Fund Black Entrepreneurs
A St. Petersburg investment group with a focus on early stage startups has launched a new fund focused on minorities. The Seedfunders Opportunity Fund will focus specifically on funding startups owned by black tech-enabled entrepreneurs in an effort to help in the...
