On March 13, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, calling for Chinese tech company ByteDance to divest from TikTok. If it does not, the app would be effectively banned in the U.S. The bill has since headed to the Senate. There are tens of thousands of influencers … Read more
Nationwide, women outearn men in just 42 U.S. cities out of an analysis of some 1,800 cities, according to a new GoBankingRates report using Census Bureau data. The report considers the median annual earnings for men and women in cities with a population of at least 20,000 people. Of locations, these are the 10 top-paying … Read more
Lithuania is the happiest country for Gen Z and millennials, according to the 2024 World Happiness Report. Countries are ranked according to self-assessed life evaluations and answers to the Cantril ladder question which asks respondents to think of a ladder with the best possible life for them being a 10 and the worst being a zero … Read more
Barbara Corcoran sold her real estate firm, The Corcoran Group, in 2001, but said in a recent interview that she still hasn’t spent most of the $66 million she got in the deal. In an episode of the Earn Your Leisure podcast released on Wednesday, the millionaire investor and star of ABC’s Shark Tank said … Read more
Four years after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, women are back at work — and taking jobs or looking for them at a higher rate than they were before it started. In February 2020, 77% of women ages 25 to 54 participated in the labor force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In … Read more
In 2021, Liz White was visiting her parents — retirees who spend the winters in Naples, Florida — when an apartment became available in their building and she decided to move in. Each senior living arrangement has its own eligibility requirement, but residents in this retirement community are typically at least 55 years old. All … Read more
When your boss is the president of the United States and gives you career advice, you take it. Aneesh Raman was working as a speechwriter for President Barack Obama from 2011 to 2013 and remembers one key piece of career advice the president would often share: “Worry about what you want to do, not who … Read more
A majority of people, 95%, intend to look for a new job this year, according to a January 2024 survey by jobsite Monster. And many anticipate it will be challenging. More than half, 68% say they think it will be difficult to find one given the state of the economy. While finding work opportunities can … Read more
Recruiters notoriously spend little time on your resume — as little as three-to-five seconds, according to former Disney recruiter Simon Taylor. “Five is generous,” he previously told Make it. They’re simply too inundated with candidates to dedicate much more. But it turns out that when it comes to your LinkedIn profile, they may be more … Read more
Worldwide, workers value a healthy relationship with their jobs. An overwhelming majority, 93% say work-life balance is a high priority, according to a January 2024 study of 27,000 workers around the world by temp and staffing agency Randstad. Depending on your job and home life, some people might find that even keel hard to find. … Read more
