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The Decline of Employee Training & The Rise of Side Gigs

Small Business Labs

.  In our most recent survey of people with 2nd jobs, about 20% of these "side giggers" said "learning new skills" was the reason they had a 2nd job. But out interviews from a decade ago shows a much smaller percentage of side giggers citing this reason.

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The Rise of the Skills Training/Job Placement Industry

Small Business Labs

  According to one economist : "Not only are the labor markets stronger today than at any point in the past 20 years, but we are beginning to see the start of broad-based wage growth," Rick Rieder, chief investment officer for fundamental fixed income at BlackRock, said in a client note.

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LinkedIn on the Power of Weak Ties - Implications for Coworking & Freelancers

Small Business Labs

In 1973 Stanford professor Mark Granovetter described the powerful role that "weak ties" – links among people who are not closely associated - play in spreading ideas, finding jobs and helping people join together for action. "; These findings have very important implications for freelancers and coworking. 

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Daan van Rossum – CEO at FlexOS | Flex Work: The Key to Career Freedom.

Allwork

What you’ll learn Explore the Evolution of Remote and Hybrid Work to Unlock New Opportunities and Flexibility in Your Career Path. Daan van Rossum [ 00:00:02 ]: I think it’s really going to be much less about work as we do it today, which to me is really Nick Bloom told me in my interview with him.

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Tracking How to Get It All Done & Avoid Information Overload-Interview With @Springpad CEO @jeffjaner

Stephanie LH Calahan

Many people have become "information junkies" collecting all kinds of information but not having it in a format that makes it usable.    To see an example of a "public" view of Springpad, here is Jeff's.   Great, so how can people get started and what is the cost?

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Productive Communication & Marketing : How to Manage All of Those Links! Interview with @ItsMyURLs CEO @hustle247

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Today I interview the CEO of the Boston-based company, Eddy Inserra, and he'll tell us more about how you can connect all of your websites in one spot and reference ONE url or QR code.  Thank you, Steph, glad to be interviewed on P&O!    Great, so how can people get started and what is the cost?

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It is Easy to Answer "Where Does My Time Go" with Chrometa - Interview CEO @BrettOwens

Stephanie LH Calahan

The question of " Where in the world does my time really go? " "; is often asked by frustrated business owners.    Yet, I quickly learned that it was critical for client billing.  "; Hello Brett and welcome to ProductiveAndOrganized.net.    Any big lessons learned?