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Job Seekers With Past Convictions Might Find a Fresh Start in Federal Employment

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The report found that: Between 2003 and 2017, individuals with incarceration histories were approximately half as likely to secure federal employment compared to their counterparts without such records. The key takeaways include: From 2018 to 2020, 22.3%

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Gartner's Top Trends for 2017

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  Gartner, the large technology analyst firm, has already released multiple 2017 trends lists.    Below is their list of the top technology trends for 2017.   So it's safe to say Gartner considers machine learning and AI to be the key technologies to watch in 2017.

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Forecasts: 2017 the Year Corporations Embrace the Gig Economy

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Based on the 2017 trends forecasts we've been reading, corporations are going to actively expand their use of contingent labor in 2017. The researchers predicted that by 2017, the share of "nontraditional" workers would grow to 25% contingent, 34% gray area, and 41% traditional workers.

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Niche Coworking Company The Wing Closes After Failing To Overcome Scandals And A Fundamentally Turbulent Business Model

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In 2020, the company faced major criticism over its lack of inclusivity for all women and nonbinary people. WeWork invested $28 million into The Wing in 2017, and by the end of 2019, The Wing had raised more than $100 million from venture capitalists and celebrity investors. .

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5 Sites That Make It Easy To Kickstart Your Remote Or Freelance Career

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Freelance job websites are gaining popularity; Upwork and Fiverr generated nearly $550 million in revenue in 2020 — a 37% increase from the year before. . This shift is already happening; Upwork and Fiverr generated nearly $550 million in revenue in 2020 — a 37% increase from the year before. workers will be freelance by 2027.

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The Growing Army of Freelancers Providing Services to Businesses

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MBO Partners recently released its 2020 Client of Choice study results, which found that 7.6 Another important study finding is between 2017 and 2019, the proportion of independent professionals who said they have a lot of choice in picking their clients jumped from 48 percent to 58 percent. provide their skills to business clients.  

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Develop a Leader’s Mind

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Your employees look to you to set an example, and many of them may be struggling with a mental illness —after all, in 2020 alone, 52.9 million people above the age of 18 were living with a mental illness, according to the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. As of 2017 , more than 90,000 police-reported U.S.

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