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The Number of Nonemployer Businesses Continued to Grow in 2016

Small Business Labs

Census recently released the 2016 nonemployer business statistics. Key quote from their press release : nonemployer establishments increased 2.0 The strong economy is creating more opportunities for solopreneurs of all kinds - and especially highly skilled solopreneurs - to win more business and also increase their prices.

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Some Companies Are Asking Employees to Pay for Training to Increase Buy-in. But Does It Work?

Success

In 2022, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “launched an inquiry into practices and financial products that may leave employees indebted to their employers,” according to a press release.

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How Employers Can Better Serve Neurodiverse Employees in 2023

Success

IO psychology program manager at HireVue , which specializes in “video interviewing, assessments and text-enabled recruiting tools,” according to a company press release , conducted research that determined using games leads to less unfair “screening out” that regularly happens with traditional hiring methods. Colin Willis, Ph.D.,

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The Recent Flurry of Gig Economy Studies

Small Business Labs

  But we admit we laughed out loud when we read their press release. Census non-employer dataset, the study explores the size, growth and skills of the specialized knowledge worker population across the 25 largest U.S. .  The goal of the study was to get a 360 view of external labor use by businesses.

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More Forecast to Cycle Between Traditional Jobs and Independent Work

Small Business Labs

Satisfaction levels for Independents are the highest they’ve ever been, but many will return to traditional work to gain new skills, cycling back to independent work several times.   But some of the returnees are people who are going back to a traditional job to gain new skills or are attracted by new opportunities. 

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Virtual Assistant Training – VAClassroom Summer Skill Camp 2010.

Andrea Kalli

Check out the great online training lineup for the VAClassroom Summer Skill Camp – and bring along your camp songs! VAClassroom has opened its registration doors to their “Summer Skill Camp 2010″, which will begin on July 6th. 10 in-demand skills over 10 weeks. What could be more perfect? I’ll see you there.

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Virtual Assistant Training – VAClassroom Summer Skill Camp 2010

Andrea Kalli

Check out the great online training lineup for the VAClassroom Summer Skill Camp – and bring along your camp songs! VAClassroom has opened its registration doors to their “Summer Skill Camp 2010″, which will begin on July 6th. 10 in-demand skills over 10 weeks. What could be more perfect? I’ll see you there.

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