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WeWork Files For Bankruptcy, Shaking Coworking Industry

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previously a coworking industry titan, has filed for bankruptcy following a long string of financial struggles. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. The bankruptcy documents, filed in New Jersey, note more than $18 billion in debt. The company was worth an unbelievable $47 billion at its peak in 2019.

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This 27-Year-Old Left a Promising Architecture Career to Revamp Her Family’s Struggling Hotel Business

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When I wasn’t waiting tables or… learning about all these customers, I was exploring this building,” Nelson explains. Shortly after Nelson arrived at the University of Idaho, she learned that Papa Lance had suddenly fallen ill with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and died.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. 24 million Americans consider abandoning their careers for self-employment, according to FreshBooks’s 2019 Self-Employment in America Report. It’s growing.

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The Four Horsemen of the Mandated Return to Office

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That includes top-level executives: Ian Goodfellow, who led machine learning at Apple, quit in protest over Apple’s mandated return to office of three days a week. . It also includes many rank-and-file staff, with publications featuring the stories of employees who quit rather than returning to the office for 3-5 days per week.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

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The writer immediately points out that technology and automation have chipped away at duties like papers to be filed and landlines to be answered. And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. She is living it up.

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How to overcome the downsides of contract work

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In early 2019, throughout my vacation to Jogjakarta, Indonesia, I worked for at least four out of five nights I was there. And where you can, learn about what makes your service useful to those who pay you – and learn how to ‘sell’ that benefit to other people.

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7 Email Templates for Recruiters | Ready to Send

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Would you be free on 17 Jan 2019 at 9:41 AM to get on a call? If you’re interested in exploring this opportunity and learning more about the compensation, benefits & culture, reply to this email with your phone number and the time you’d like me to call you. I would like to schedule an interview with you to take things forward.

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