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Remote Workers Likely To Leave If They Can’t Work From Home
A growing number of U.S. companies are requiring workers to return to the office, and President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration has signaled it may do the same with federal employees. But many American workers say they’d rather find a new job than give up...
Students and Research Mentors Can Navigate Career Conversations Together
As a trained scientist, I had a fantastic research mentor. We talked about my research project, which experiments to prioritize and what the data meant, and we even sometimes discussed personal things like family and ties to home. When I joined his lab, I was open...
U.S. News Unveils The 2025 Best Jobs
U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, today announced the 2025 Best Jobs. The rankings offer a look at the best jobs across 17 categories – from sectors such as technology, health...
Staffing Firm Lawsuit Brings To Life LTC, Agency Gripes Over Nursing Gig Work
In a lawsuit that may have implications for other sectors heavily reliant on temporary staffing, such as long-term care, a hospitality hiring agency is suing competitors over their alleged, intentional misclassification of workers. Platforms can pay workers less...
FTC Accuses Gig Work App Handy Of Misleading Ads, Opaque Fees For Workers
The FTC and New York’s attorney general have accused Handy, the gig app customers can use to book cleaners, handymen, and more, of making deceptive claims about how much workers could earn through its platform. In a complaint filed on Tuesday in...
Predicting The Future Is Impossible – Being Prepared For It Is Essential
The ability to think long term is becoming increasingly valued – both on an organisational and individual level – as a way to meet emerging challenges and reap the benefits of future opportunities. Few know the importance of thinking ahead as well as Sophie Howe....
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...
