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Champion The Self-Employed
Perhaps the largest group of Americans who have no home in the political status quo are the self-employed. According to the U.S. Census, this demographic includes 16.5 million workers, or about 10.4 percent of the total working population. But this is likely a...
New Year’s Cybersecurity Resolutions That Every Startup Should Keep
As regular readers of TechCrunch will know, 2024 was — much like the years before it — full of data breaches, ransomware attacks, and mass-hacks exploiting some of the most trivial software vulnerabilities. Even the most well-resourced organizations failed to keep...
5 AI Tools to Save You Time
Work smarter, not harder. This adage has always rung true for me. In the age of AI, it’s no longer just a good idea. It’s a necessity. As the CEO of DOXA Talent, a conscious outsourcing company that helps businesses build high-performing, borderless teams,...
8 Tips To Get Your Job Search On The Right Track In The New Year
The new year often brings hope, optimism, and, of course, resolutions. For some, that means breathing new life into your career goals. Maybe you’ve decided this is the year you’re going after a promotion or finally making that career change. Perhaps retirement is...
Consumer Protection Agency Sues Walmart, Branch Alleging Illegal Pay Practices For Gig Drivers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued Walmart and work scheduling platform Branch Messenger for allegedly forcing delivery drivers that are part of the discounter's gig program to use costly deposit accounts to get paid and mispresented how they could...
New Data Sheds Light On Evolving Needs Of Flexible Workforce
The State of the Flexible Workforce report compares flexible workers side-by-side with traditional hourly workers and the gig economy to highlight their differences in education, pay, and other areas. As a result of these differences, flexible workers are rapidly...
Amazon Ending Remote Work; Employees Hope Company Reconsiders
It's back to the office full time for the majority of Amazon employees across the globe, but for some who work for the tech giant and online retailer it's not a welcome change. "The people on my team are very upset about this," said CJ Felli, a system...
Community Colleges Gear Up To Train Workers For America’s Proposed Manufacturing Future
In the next decade, millions of manufacturing jobs will open up in the U.S. as workers retire. Meanwhile, the sector is also supposed to add more jobs with help from federal subsidies. But by some current estimates, only half of those jobs will be filled. So where...
The Rise Of Hybrid Skills: What You Need To Stay Competitive At Work
The phrase, “Jobs are changing, even if you’re not changing jobs,” is one of those statements that lingers in your mind because it’s undeniably true. The workplace is evolving at a pace never seen before. This means that the skills needed five years ago aren’t...
Brain Monitoring May Be The Future Of Work
Despite all the attention on technologies that reduce the hands-on role of humans at work – such as self-driving vehicles, robot workers, artificial intelligence and so on – researchers in the field of neuroergonomics are using technology to improve how humans perform...
