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Brazil’s Unemployment Rate Rises But Job Creation Remains Strong

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in the three months through February, statistics agency IBGE said, up from the 6.1% The central bank raised interest rates last week by 100 basis points to 14.25% – a level not seen since 2016 – and signaled a smaller increase to come in May. Unemployment in Latin America’s largest economy hit 6.8%

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Working a Side Gig? Here’s How to Prep for Your Second Shift

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I bought a coaching-only laptop and have an office in my home for coaching,” says Heidi Lueb, who works full-time as head of finance at Thesis agency while also serving as city counselor for Tigard and moonlighting as a triathlon coach. This article originally appeared in the August 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated.

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5 Traits of a Next-Level Entrepreneur

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Whether you’re starting out on the floor selling a physical product like I did or you’re the CEO of an agency selling talented employees, you need to know how to make a sale. This article was published in March 2016 and has been updated. The ability to sell something is absolutely necessary to running a business at any stage.

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A Look at Non-Employer Businesses from the SBA

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"Non-employer" is the terms used by government agencies to describe businesses that have a business owner, but no traditional (W2) full or part-time employees. The chart below shows that the number of non-employer businesses has been growing about 2% a year of the past 15 years, reaching 24,813,048 in 2016.

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Jamie Fiore Higgins on Workplace Toxicity, Gender Discrimination and Why She Left Wall Street

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Jamie Fiore Higgins worked on Wall Street for nearly 20 years—from 1998 to 2016—and by the end of her career, she’d amassed a small fortune. By 2016, she was making 40 times more than her house cleaner and 10 times more than her doctor. I want my four kids to have their own sense of agency. You are the CEO of your own career.

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Don’t Be Adidas: Making Better Decisions Fast Is Important For Business Leadership

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Even Ye’s own talent agency dropped him before Adidas. In 2016, Adidas further expanded its relationship with the rapper, calling it “the most significant partnership ever created between a non-athlete and an athletic brand.” . Yet Adidas waited much, much longer than other companies that cut ties with Ye.

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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

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Joseph Marshall, president of Signal 88 Security, partnered with similar local competitors to submit a joint proposal to provide security services for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Think Work Media is a marketing agency. You can also attract big clients by collaborating with competitors. Improve visibility.