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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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The government also reports increases in some industries beyond the trades, such as plumbing, electrical and other common apprentice fields including public administration, educational services, health care, social assistance and others. They also report 60% of employers recouped at least 80% of their costs and 40% recouped their full costs.

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How Company Passion Projects Can Add to the Bottom Line

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In the early 2000s, Google encouraged an 80/20 policy, which gave employees the bandwidth to ideate, develop and innovate projects during 20% of their work schedule. In many cases, passion projects also result in participants feeling good about doing acts of service that lead to the greater health of the community or even the world.

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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2014

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 2014 will see this divide widen as tech savvy small businesses use their technology to cut costs, better connect to customers and gain market share.   And thanks to technology and rising offshoring costs, local firms are often at a competitive advantage relative to overseas outsourcing options.    Health Care.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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The government also reports increases in some industries beyond the trades, such as plumbing, electrical and other common apprentice fields including public administration, educational services, health care, social assistance and others. They also report 60% of employers recouped at least 80% of their costs and 40% recouped their full costs.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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When she was a junior in high school, Arrington founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, an organization that provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health support and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents. Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice Atwal is a trailblazer in the health care industry.

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Obamacare's Impact on Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

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As the chart below shows, the percentage of full-time independent workers with health insurance has increased from 64% in 2013 to 83% in 2016. This increase is clearly due to Obamacare, which took effect in 2014. million more independent workers have health insurance than in 2013.  This means about 3.3   We agree.

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Obamacare, Job Lock and Freelancers

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According to the  MBO Partners State of Independence study  about 1/3rd of independent workers  do not have  health insurance.   But it may also change in 2014 as the Obamacare mandated insurance exchanges begin operation. This means young freelancers can piggy back on their parental policies.

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