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32 Million Americans Say They Will Start a Business in 2019. Most Won't.

Small Business Labs

According to a recent Job Creators Network Foundation survey , "Sixteen-percent of Americans say they are likely to start a new business in 2019." of Americans will start a small business in 2019 instead of 16%. This is an example of the false positive problem with survey data.  Most won't. 

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Does Returning to the Office Help Diversity?

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After analyzing over 10 million accounts, LinkedIn found that, compared to January 2019, in October 2022, 20% more women applied to fully-remote jobs while men decreased by the same amount. In 2019, before the pandemic, Meta committed to a five-year goal of doubling the number of Black and Hispanic workers in the U.S., Not at all. .

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The Four Horsemen of the Mandated Return to Office

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A Future Forum survey found that 21% of all White knowledge workers wanted a return to full-time in-office work, but only 3% of all Black knowledge workers wanted the same. A June 2022 McKinsey survey of all workers, remote-capable and not, provides further context on preferences for hybrid work. Resistance .

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Want to Become a Mentor? Follow These 5 Steps

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In a world where growing professionally is more important than ever (a 2019 survey found that mentorship had “ an outsize impact on a worker’s career across several measures ”), understanding how to become a mentor will help you offer your experience and expertise to others. What about clients?

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When It Come to Employee Mental Health, These 10 Companies Are Setting the Example

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Palo Alto Networks Mission Palo Alto Networks , an IT security company, has partnered with Modern Health to give employees and their eligible dependents access to counseling and mental health resources through an employee assistance program. Additionally, the company established a Mental Health 101 Training in 2019.

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Reaching Beyond The Desk: How Coworking Spaces Can Transform Communities

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Meanwhile, a GCUC survey showed that 89% of respondents said that they are happier since joining a coworking space and 69% of coworking space members said they had learned new skills in a coworking space. For instance, ARC Club, a coworking space in East London, hosted one of Urban MBA’s employability courses in 2019.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7% million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” The 2019 “ State of Women-Owned Businesses Report ” from American Express finds women-owned businesses “now represent 42% of all businesses—nearly 13 million—employing 9.4

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