January 23, 2020 | Insights | Scotty Hendricks

AI and its Impact on the Workforce

automation and what it can mean for workers

Discussions of how artificial intelligence will impact the workforce often focus on the potential for mass unemployment, the increases in productivity, and the ways in which dull, menial tasks can be shirked off to computers. We consider less often the …

January 8, 2020 | Knowledge | Amanda Finn

4 Tips for finding Freelance Work on Gig Sites

Advice from gig sites on landing opportunities

When it comes to applying for jobs on Upwork or similar gig sites, sometimes it feels like throwing your resume into the wind. Is anyone even going to see it? What makes me different from the other 1000+ freelancers who …

December 15, 2019 | Knowledge | Helen S. Cooke

Preparing for a Fast-Growth Project

Three early planning phases and their unique challenges

Any project manager knows that projects vary significantly: some last for years, with multiple phases, while others are sporadic, with periodic breaks that free staff and management to work on other initiatives. Some are important. Others are urgent. Some are …

December 11, 2019 | Knowledge | Amanda Finn

4 Ways to Best Utilize Time in a Slow Season

Take advantage of that extra time to build up or maintain your business

Whether the slow season in your business is the holidays or mid-year, there is often a slow season in every business sector. Days that aren’t full of meetings, projects, and other time-sensitive work can be the perfect time to get things …

November 18, 2019 | Interviews

Sarah Kessler on the Gig Economy’s Pitfalls and Complexities

Gig work offers flexibility, but the bigger story might be what it’s missing

There was a time not so long ago when gig work was seen as a panacea for the various perceived faults of the old-fashioned world of work. Where the traditional job was weighed down by a long, rigid work week, …