Looking for a job can be extremely challenging, and there are tons of different factors that go into determining whether your job search is going to be successful or not.  While the U.S. unemployment rate was at one of its lowest at 3.6% in October 2019, changes in corporate culture and trends in the market mean that there are still hundreds of thousands of Americans who are looking for work. If you haven't had any luck so far, then here are some things that might be hindering your...

The ‘’Gig Economy’’ series sheds light on the future of work and the pros and cons of hiring freelancers and gig workers. Our guest today is Jim Barnish, Managing Partner, Morgan Hill Partners. Jim, lots of companies hire freelancers to complete short -term projects. Is this valid for Morgan Hill Partners, too? The strength of gig workers and freelancers is in bringing in the right person, at the right time to complete a specified project at hand that our team ha...

Our guest today is Barbara Krecak, an entrepreneur passionate about operations and business development. She is Director of Remote Bob – a  company connecting busy London leaders with a high-quality, affordable remote workforce from Croatia. Barbara was the youngest columnist in Croatian magazine “Entrepreneur“ and the youngest Cotrugli Business School Executive MBA graduate. Barbara, what do you think about remote work? Is adopting a remote working concept a viable alt...

Our guest today is Grant Hensel, CEO, NonprofitMegaphone. Grant, lots of startups leverage remote work and freelancers at the very beginning to save costs. Is this the case with NonprofitMegaphone, too? When I started NonprofitMegaphone, I structured our work environment to be fully remote. Since we were such a small company at the beginning, I knew that we would not be able to afford rent and utilities so creating a 100% remote environment was immediately very attractive to us.  T...

Our guest today is Rachael Bozsik,  a keynote speaker and thought leadership coach supporting female entrepreneurs. Rachael, hiring freelancers is still seen as risky by many entrepreneurs, especially early on. Why did you decide to rely on gig workers? We have great experience hiring freelancers and the success is credited to strategically recruiting individuals who view their gig work as a creative outlet from their nine to five careers. Freelance work supports them to pur...