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How A Solo Gig Can Give You A Stronger Retirement
Russ Eanes was burning out at his job, and he had just hit 60, but he wasn’t ready to retire. A former minister in the Mennonite church, he had worked for a decade as an executive at a religious-book publisher but found himself in the unhappy role of helping to shrink...
Accepting Turbulence: Only Way To Face The Future Of Work
I once had a panic attack on a super bumpy flight across the Atlantic and am forever grateful to the flight attendant who appeared by my side, calmly handed me a paper bag and said kindly but loudly: “Breathe.” My working assumption was always that I would land...
Mentoring Through Challenging Times: What It Takes To Make A Good Idea A Good Business
“There are a lot of women with a lot of great ideas,” says Hello Alice President and Co-Founder Elizabeth Gore, “but they continue to be overlooked for the loans, credit, and investors they need to succeed.” Here are five pieces of advice Gore offers women...
How Certain Types Of Jobs Accelerate Your Career
Earlier this week, we tuned into Work/23: The Big Shift, a virtual summit from MIT Sloan Management Review about navigating some of the most important challenges workplace leaders face right now. One of the standout ideas from the event came from the closing...
Best Cities For Freelancers And Self-Employed Workers In 2023
Though some workers have returned to offices, remote work has been normalized for others over the last three years. And some now have more autonomy to choose where they live. For freelancers in particular, it’s becoming more common for workers to settle in a city they...
6 Highest-Paying Gig Economy Jobs For 2023
Gig work — work for hire as a self-employed freelancer or independent contractor — is more popular than ever. In fact, 36% of employed respondents to McKinsey’s 2022 “American Opportunity Survey” (AOS) identify as independent workers. Twenty-six percent of that group...
Are Hollywood Writing Jobs The Next Frontier For Gig Work?
As thousands of Hollywood writers strike, the union and writers have warned that studios and streaming companies are trying to turn writers’ livelihoods into “gig work.” In an interview with MarketWatch this week, Adam Conover, a comedian and writer on the Writers...
Remote Workers Still More Vulnerable To Hackers Than They Should Be
There's a pretty good chance that wherever you're reading this article, it's not from your desk in a traditional office. You might instead be reading it while you're working from home or from a coffee shop or another space, or maybe on your phone as you wait between...
