According to Upwork’s Future of Workforce Pulse Report, 36.2 million Americans will be remote by 2025, an 87% increase since COVID hit. Ignite Career Center Account Representative, Lisa Cohn, talks trends and how to embrace our new work-from-home world.
You apply to hundreds of jobs online, send thank you emails after interviews, update your LinkedIn profile, attend virtual coffee meetings and career fairs, and network with recruiters … just to name a few efforts. After a while…
By Lizzy Solovey While many of us hoped turning the corner into 2021 would magically fix the problems caused by the 2020 pandemic, the hard truth is that people are still battling unemployment (January’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics claims the unemployment rate of 6.7 percent has not changed since December), people are still seeking …
By Ruth Lamberty, ACC I spoke with a teen recently that was deciding on whether or not to get a part-time job. I asked what else he may choose to be doing with his time outside of school. “I don’t know,” he said, “Like what?”
By Michael Fine It is said that a happy employee is a productive employee. Creating a positive work environment is one of the best ways employers can contribute to increased productivity, quality, and safety. Here are six ways to sustain an environment that is charged and excited, and where individuals are engaged in making your …
By Ignite Career Center Some of us make health and fitness resolutions, others make financial, parenting, or self-improvement resolutions. Of course, many don’t make resolutions at all! If you’re the resolution-making type, you might want to include some workplace resolutions for the coming year. Why don’t you resolve to: 1. Make and maintain at least …
By Jamie Leboe In today’s society, more families than ever before are made up of all adults in a household working full-time outside of the home. Therefore, it is so important to have a good work-life balance. We have to balance family, leisure activities, house chores, and so much more. It is hard to fit …
