WorkShifter_19January2021

WorkShifter -- Redefining Work

January 19, 2021

19 JANUARY 2021

In a world where job opportunities are limited as well as limiting, entrepreneurship is a journey that many have opted to traverse. Some successfully: Tom Moyal, CEO of Digital Event, and Jay Awal ...

As California struggles to get a limited supply of coronavirus vaccines injected into the arms of those who need it the most, gig workers and the app makers that provide their livelihood are trying to ..

Malcolm Gladwell has been influencing so many kinds of people for four decades since his stint at The New Yorker began in 1996. He’s released five non-fiction books in the years since then where ....

Today in this virtual environment, work is no longer just about productivity and output; it is also deeply about flexibility, about wellbeing and about effective collaboration. The fundamental question that ...

The future of gig workers — including Uber drivers, DoorDash couriers, and other app workers — is likely to emerge as the most explosive labor issue for the incoming Biden administration, threatening ...

The balancing act of virtual learning and working from home is a lot for anyone to handle. Jean Holthaus from Pine Rest gives advice and tips on how to deal with it all. The first tip is to lean on ...

Many legislative issues have languished in Albany over the past year, pushed to the side to deal with the immediate concerns of the coronavirus pandemic, and the fate of gig workers is one of ...

Feeling unprepared for retirement? Gig work in your senior years could be the solution. At least that's a conclusion made by a 2020 report from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. The ...

Mere months ago, you might have thought it was weird—and maybe even a little tragic—that one of my closest personal and professional allies is someone I have met in person just once ...

2020 is behind us, leaving us with a glimmer of hope that life will eventually return to normal once the pandemic wanes. Most things will eventually reopen — bars, schools, stores, and even large events ...