Category Archives: Business

The unemployment rate surpassed the Fed’s peak estimate for the year. source https://www.inc.com/phil-rosen/the-feds-job-market-forecast-turned-stale-in-one-week/91278407

Contract roles can feel like the perfect job setup: flexible hours, work-from-home perks, and a way to break into your dream company. For some, they also serve as a temporary solution until a more permanent position comes along. Yet sometimes when freelancers decide to transition to a full-time gig, their contract history can potentially comeContinueContinue reading “Contract work can be great—until you get trapped in it”

Neuroscientists and productivity experts both endorse the recent TikTok trend of setting yourself a ‘personal curriculum.’  source https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/neuroscience-says-you-need-a-personal-curriculum-for-2026/91276869

Whenever I tell people I’m an auctioneer, there are inevitably two follow up questions: First: “Do you talk really fast like those guys on TV?” followed by a cartoonish imitation, complete with an imaginary microphone and a pseudo Southern accent. Second: “What’s the most expensive thing you’ve ever sold?” After two decades of auctioneering, theContinueContinue reading “The power of silence: 3 lessons on capturing an audience from a world-renowned auctioneer”

Is Reddit like other social media platforms? That’s the question before the High Court of Australia in light of the country’s under-16s social media ban.  Last week, Reddit filed a lawsuit in Australia’s highest court seeking to overturn the country’s recently enacted social media ban for children. The San Francisco-based firm claims the law isContinueContinue reading “Reddit says it isn’t like other platforms in case against Australia’s social media ban”