In early 2024, Jada Stratman, 25, was searching for retail space for her candle business, Brite Candle Co. That’s when she found Culdesac. “[It’s] the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the U.S.,” Ryan Johnson, CEO of Culdesac tells CNBC Make It. Cars are not allowed on the Culdesac’s streets, and residents can’t park … Read more
The class of 2024 is facing many challenges going into the workforce this year. Entry-level jobs are increasingly more competitive and hiring has decreased around the U.S. Recent graduates will also have to choose where to start their post-collegiate journey. A new study from Zumper analyzed the top 100 U.S. cities using seven key metrics … Read more
Remote work may have taken off four years ago, but the evolution of hybrid work is still in its early days — and senior leaders are having the hardest time adjusting. A majority, 74%, of companies have changed their hybrid work policy more than once since 2020, according to an April survey of 2,556 workers … Read more
Julie Berninger, 35, has had multiple online income streams for years. Berninger started her blog, Millennial Boss, in 2015, while working as an engineer manager at Amazon. That’s brought in tens of thousands of dollars in passive income for years. She started her Etsy store, where she sells printables like bachelorette party activity lists, in … Read more
Job postings that claim to offer a “competitive salary” are on the rise, putting more onus on job seekers to suss out how much money they can expect from a new role. While you can figure out the salary range after a conversation or two, you might not want to get too far without having … Read more
Brianna Doe has a lot of experience on both sides of the hiring game. She’s worked in marketing for roughly a decade, started leading hiring interviews seven years ago, and now, as founder of her own agency, Verbatim, will soon be hiring her own full-time staff for the first time. All of that is to … Read more
To renew, or not to renew? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself every June since Amazon Prime first hooked me more than 10 years ago with a deeply discounted rate for college students. Most years, my renewal date sneaks up on me before I even realize it. The notification from my credit card pops … Read more
The share of workers who say they get Summer Fridays has dropped dramatically in recent years. Just 11% of North American workers say they have access to Summer Fridays, according to a November 2023 survey from Gartner of more than 1,100 people. In 2019, however, 55% of organizations offered the benefit, and until that point … Read more
To afford living in a big city like San Francisco, California, you’d have to make double what most Americans earn, according to a May Moody’s Analytics analysis. Despite that, the San Francisco area is the only major metro where rent for one-bedroom apartments has actually decreased since 2019, according to data from Apartment List. Rent … Read more
Finland is the happiest country in the world, and at one Finnish company, worker happiness comes down to one major benefit: flexibility. That’s the case at Framery, a manufacturing company that makes soundproof pods for office spaces. Every year, the company surveys its roughly 400 employees about the most important things that keep them happy … Read more
