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Remote Working’s Longer Hours Are New Normal for Many
The lengthening of the work day observed as many began working from home last year has become the new normal in many countries. The number of hours people are logged on has fallen back toward pre-pandemic levels in only Belgium, Denmark, France and Spain, according to...
Juggling Remote Work with Kids’ Education is a Mammoth Task — How Employers Can Help
The closure of schools and workplaces has created a unique challenge for parents, many of whom are struggling to balance their professional lives with managing their children's education. The numbers speak for themselves. In a recent survey of 1,000 US workers by...
TikTok Users Exposing Realities of Gig Work, and Big Tech Can’t Stop Them
TikTok user @neutral_m1lf_hotel carries pepper spray and a taser in her purse when she makes DoorDash deliveries at night in Denver, while @kzumpp finds joy in handing UberEats orders off to red-eyed customers. Drew Gunby, an Uber driver, has frequently gone viral on...
Millennial Money: 3 Things to Know If You’re New to Gig Work
Shutdowns, layoffs and salary cuts brought on by the coronavirus pandemic have left millions of Americans searching for new sources of income. Those who've recently turned to gig work may be weeks away from a financial surprise in the form of unexpected tax bills and...
Gig Workers: Get Serious about Retirement With a Solo 401(k)
You may have started gig working to raise some extra cash, to explore self-employment part-time, or to improve your work-life balance. But did you know you can also use your self-employment status to tackle the goal of securing your retirement? As a gig worker, you...
Virtual Workshop: “Revamp Your Resume: How to Get Callbacks and Interviews”
With over 18 million people collecting unemployment and once vibrant industries like travel and hospitality not likely to recover for years, finding work in today’s job market continues to be challenging. To help job seekers overcome the challenge and create a resume...
How to Navigate Changing Careers in Your 50s
The increasing amount of layoffs and restructuring happening in the wake of the pandemic seems to directly support the already existing trend in more established career folk choosing to pivot their paths into different industries and fields of study at a later age. A...
Making a Success of Remote Working for the Long Term
During the spring wave of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, almost half of all employees in the UK were working from home at least some of the time. Whilst this was, of course, a scary time for everyone, there was also a sense of banding together, battening down the...
