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Career Advice I Wish Someone Told Me in My 20s
The transition from your 20s into your 30s is a major one. For many of us, the decisions we make in those pivotal years end up defining our trajectory throughout the rest of our careers. As I observe my friends navigating this shift, I can’t help but reflect on the...
Instacart Workers Consider Walk-Off
Gig Workers Collective, a grassroots organization fighting for better treatment of independent contractors, has announced planning for a walk off for Instacart shoppers on October 16. The group says shoppers will cease work until Instacart meets five demands, which...
Opinion: Down with the Boss, Up With the Gig Worker!
Napoleon didn’t deride the English as “a nation of shopkeepers,” although that phrase is commonly attributed to him. In fact, it was Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac, a French revolutionary who used it when attacking the achievements of British Prime Minister William Pitt,...
Veterans Often Overlooked and Under-represented in Today’s Workforce
Paul A. Dillon, founder of Dillon Consulting Services LLC, and adjunct instructor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, is a career expert in veterans as a distinct employment class. According to Dillon, including veterans in the recruiting and hiring...
Remote Work Isn’t a Perk to Toss into the Mix
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic made working from home more common and prompted some people to relocate, journalists Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel did both: They moved from New York City to Montana in 2017, and from staff jobs at BuzzFeed News and...
Why (And How) to Get More Women in Leadership Roles
Despite the proven benefits of gender diversity, there is a conspicuous deficit of women in C-suite roles compared to their male counterparts. Recent data from Korn Ferry indicates that women occupy only 25% of C-suite roles, and a meager 6% of CEO roles. Getting...
Why Every Gig Worker Needs an Online Calendar
As a gig worker, the most essential aspect of your job will be to meet a plethora of deadlines. If you miss deadlines, you don’t get paid, and you’ll quickly lose customers. You want to be known as a reliable worker so that the request and recommendations continue to...
How Gig Workers Can Avoid Big Tax Surprises
Detroit bass player Grover “GT” Tigue knows too well about the wildly varying rhythms of the gig economy. Tigue has been a musician for the past 21 years, but he saw his bookings crash for roughly a year during the pandemic. “I didn’t start gigging in 2021 until about...
