You can’t make more of the two things in life that matter the most: time and love. For everything else, the pie can indeed be made bigger. But you don’t need a lot of money to make money, nor do you have to be wealthy to become an investor or an entrepreneur. And while you
According to a recent article in the Atlantic, “Americans are starting companies at the fastest-ever recorded pace.” While COVID shuttered a staggering number of businesses – 200,000 more closed than in a normal year – the pandemic enabled entrepreneurs to launch roughly 500,000 more new businesses considered “likely to hire employees from mid-2020 to mid-2021.” The high demand for e-commerce
Covid-19 was the ultimate confirmation of the irreplaceable need to have someone in one’s life who puts their arms around you and says, “You have me.” Schools and daycare centers shut, people lost jobs or started to work from home, public events were canceled—and parents and children suddenly found themselves living in a world where
Applying for jobs is a stressful process. It entails a lot of effort – from identifying the jobs you need to apply for to hoping you get a job offer after attending numerous interviews. It is time-consuming and takes a toll on your mental health. Also, managing our personal life with our career while working
For many of us, going to work means going to meetings. We work in teams or work with clients, and that means we need to communicate ideas, convey information, make recommendations, and persuade. Our meetings might not always look the same: sometimes, you’re standing next to a PowerPoint projected on a screen in a conference
Prior to the pandemic, women had outnumbered men in the U.S. workforce. Then the pandemic hit and triggered an economic downturn which dealt a devastating blow to working women in particular. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, millions more American women than men have left the workforce in the last year, with women’s jobs becoming 1.8 times more vulnerable compared to men’s. Those who remain in the workforce face additional challenges like proliferate job withdrawal,
We are only now beginning to understand the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on women in the global workforce. Not only did the pandemic disproportionately affect women, particularly those in marginalized communities, working mothers, and female caregivers, but it worsened the gender gap in the workplace, setting women back by decades. According to The National
Too often, women are confronted with career roadblocks that limit their progress up the corporate ladder. Many of those are based on cultural and social “truths” that are in reality myths. Here are seven myths that commonly keep women from achieving the career goals for which they strive and deserve. Myth: Women aren’t good at
In the newly blazing-hot job market, a record number of U.S. workers are quitting their jobs to put themselves first. In April alone, nearly 4 million people voluntarily quit their jobs, according to the Labor Department. And the numbers were almost as high in both May and June. Moreover, according to Bankrate’s August 2021 Job
If you find yourself feeling unproductive and unmotivated at work, you could be struggling with burnout. It’s more than just a buzzword, and it certainly isn’t an excuse to get away with reduced productivity. Burnout has become a major problem in the workplace. A study by Indeed discovered that 52% of workers are experiencing burnout
