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22 Self-Improvement Gift Ideas for Personal Development Junkies

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True Temp weighted blanket For someone who likes the feeling of being hugged ever so gently while sleeping, this is the blanket. Sleep Number’s True Temp weighted blanket ($199) enhances the sleep experience by incorporating the relaxing effects of deep pressure stimulation for reduced stress and anxiety.

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11 Halos - Part 3 (reporting & fans)

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Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs 11 Halos – Part 3 (reporting & fans) Friday, June 19, 2009 at 4:19 pm // By: // Category: Baseball Today, he drove to Tempe, to the Angels Tempe Diablo Stadium to report. Received equipment, signed up for his new insurance program (yeah!),

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The Staffing Industry Analysts Temp Worker Forecast

Small Business Labs

 The full report is only available to their clients, but they publicly released their high level forecast numbers. doesn't sound like much, the U.S. The recently released their 2022 employment projections and U.S. staffing industry forecast. The key SIA forecast is that U.S.   While 3.1%

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

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According to a 2022 McKinsey report , 36% of American workers earn a living partly or wholly through independent work, which included delivery workers, tutors, writers, freelancers, contracted workers and temporary positions. “We Extension classes abound at colleges and universities. Allen, Ph.D., Growing independence.

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Caterpillar's Growing Flexible (Contingent) Workforce

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Like many large corporations Caterpillar, the Illinois-based heavy equipment maker, is increasing the size of their contingent workforce (freelancers, contractors, consultants, temps, etc.).  They call this group "flexible workers" and report each quarter how many they have and how many they hired.  This is a 35.1%

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Gen Y Independents Non-Profit Oriented

Small Business Labs

The article covers one of the more interesting statistics from MBO Partners State of Independence Study , which is 22% of Gen Y (born 1980 to 2000) independent workers (freelancers, temps, etc.) reported that the primary market they served is non-profits. This is substantially higher than any other age group.

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Book Review: Raw Deal - How the Uber Economy is Screwing American Workers

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It's a non-stop attack on Uber, Airbnb and any other company or person who offers contract work or suggests freelance work isn't awful.    In case you didn't guess, Hill is a political progressive. They also found that 57% reported they were very satisfied with contract work.

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