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Google Employees Will Work From Home Until At Least Next Summer

Why Keeping Politics Outside Of Work Is Outdated

One-Third Of Jobs Lost During Coronavirus May Never Come Back

How To Negotiate Your Bills During COVID-19

the exact terms of your bills aren’t written in stone: they can be negotiated.

How To Create A Budget For Anti-Racist Activism

It’s time to get more strategic about our personal budgets. Unemployment is high and we’re in a recession as a result of COVID-19. While every dollar i

Coronavirus Is Already Impacting The Hiring Gap For Millennial Women

In the UK, unemployment increased from 500,000 to 1.35 million in the first three months of the year. It’s unclear how long the devastating economic effe

Facebook Employees Staged A Virtual Walkout Today

Today, dozens of Facebook employees are participating in a virtual walkout protesting the company’s inaction toward President Trump’s recent social med

Rent Is Due. What If You Can’t Pay?

Affordable housing is scarce in the UK. Almost half of us spend more than 30% of our income on rent alone. For millennials, it’s about a third of the inc

How To Nail Your Virtual Job Interview

If you’re one of the millions that has lost their job in the months since the COVID-19 pandemic became a national crisis, you may now be facing a postmod

“I’m Taking It Minute By Minute” Real Women On ...

Before a global pandemic locked down states across the nation, working from home was a coveted privilege: you could have a little WFH, as a treat. You look

“A Lot Of Responses Seem More Aggressive”: How To Peacefully Solv...

The internet is great for a lot of things: an endless supply of streaming TV shows and movies, memes and gallows humour as a salve for the bleakness of rea

8 Ideas To Try If You’re Looking To Make Some Extra Money O...

Thanks to COVID-19, financial insecurity is an unfortunate reality for many of us right now. In the U.K, unemployment rates have surged to 1.3 million in t

Do You Have To Return To Work If You Feel Unsafe?

With many stay-at-home orders ending in May in the US, states are slowly reopening non-essential businesses like gyms, hair salons, and even bars and resta

I’m A Self-Employed Cleaner & I Lost Two Sources Of Income ...

It’s been almost two months since businesses across the country started shutting down. For some, that’s meant close to two months of little to no incom

What Is A Contact Tracer & How Can You Become One?

On 30th April, South Korea reported no new domestic cases of COVID-19. It was a major milestone for a country that, in late February, saw almost 1,000 new

Dear Class of 2020 — The Class of 2008 Offers Their Sympathy & Ad...

It’s A Hard Time To Be Job Hunting, But Here’s How Yo...

Today, the US Department of Labor released data showing that over 6.6 million people filed for unemployment insurance in the week ending on 28th March. Tha

Ask A Manager’s Alison Green On What To Do If Your Company Doesn’...

In response to the coronavirus outbreak, state and city governments across the US are continuing to announce school and business closures. California, New

Everything You Need To Know About Working From Home During Corona...

With new cases of coronavirus being confirmed in the US every day, tech giants like Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, and Apple — not to mention a ho

50 Action Verbs You Can Use For A More Dynamic Resume

If you want to obliterate the glass ceiling and bolt to the very top of your industry, you need to be a woman of action. An attractive job posting gets hun

Watch These TED Talks For a Boost Of Career Inspiration

5 Real Stories About What Happens When Money Comes Between Friends

The first money argument I had with my friends was over how to split rent in our first flat. We were 22 and couldn’t agree on how much more the person li

Prenups Rule, Divorce Drools: How Millennials Are Killing The Mar...

Adam Driver’s character in Marriage Story probably wouldn’t have punched a wall if he’d just gotten a prenup. “THERE’S SO MUCH I DIDN’T DO!”

This Valentine’s Day, Should You Break Up With Your Job?

Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate all that’s beautiful about love and passion. It’s also a time to methodically cull the relationships that don?

How Much Did Jennifer Lopez & Shakira Make For Their Super Bowl P...

January’s over, and the biggest TV event of the year is almost here again. The NFL may be the authority on professional football, but what it really know