Sentences with phrase «gigs working for»

When I interviewed Karoli Hindriks, founder of Jobbatical, a site that helps professionals find gigs working for startups abroad, about why American marketers and techies were so interested in these gigs, she had this to say: «I love Airbnb not only because it is often cheaper than hotels, but because you're experiencing a culture.

«Game of Thrones» star Nikolaj Coster - Waldau plays Joe Denton, a crooked cop coming home after doing a stint for the attempted murder of the District Attorney (which came about because his gig working for a local crime boss was being exposed).

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It turns out that before founding Otto and then being acquired by Uber, Levandowski worked for Waymo, and, according to its filing, downloaded 14,000 highly confidential files — a whopping 10 gigs of information on core self - driving technology.

She started applying to work at music startups, but found few administrative gigs — and a lot of openings for programmers.

I was lucky enough to get a contract gig that kept me working until my due date, but by the time I delivered, I was jobless and therefore ineligible for any paid leave.

By age 23, she had already worked 22 jobs, and her latest gig was a secretarial position for the Giffuni Brothers» real estate company.

Set a schedule for gig workers and keep everyone updated on their working hours.

«Writing pieces for free / trade got my foot in the door and gave me a great working portfolio,» says Laura Viviana, copywriter, «which helped land my first agency gig.»

«I'm trying to encourage people to not think about the gig economy like driving for Uber or working part - time because they need to.»

We have some that we have been working with for years that still bring their cars to us from Seattle, Gig Harbor, Kent, Arlington.

Founded in 2010, Contently is a platform that helps journalists share their work and search for gigs and helps content marketing companies find talent.

Small companies turn to the gig economy for costly talent but is gig work attractive to the people they need?

Looks like his creative technique helped him land a few gigs too — Hamilton's worked for companies such as Brave and Virgin Media.

Even if you don't receive an official income form for work you performed, you probably still need to let the IRS know about it: If your income (after expenses) from a side gig is at least $ 400, you are required to report it and pay taxes on it.

Sure, there are ways to supplement this, such as keeping your corporate gig while you're in the early startup or pre-revenue phase, but at some point you're going to have to take a leap off the income cliff and work for free.

Though geared at the Canadian market, the Facebook connection, now in its fourth year, lead to international work, including a gig doing mobile strategy consulting and prototypes for American Express.

Another factor driving Millennials» need for flexibility is the growing gig economy, or on - demand work options.

Nomad Health, a startup that's set up a platform for a new generation of doctors and nurses to pursue gig work that meets their own needs, has raised $ 12 million in a Series B funding round led by Polaris Panthers, the company announced Tuesday.

With more people working remotely than ever before, and an uptick in gig - type occupations, coworking spaces have emerged as a popular and cost - effective option for businesses and the part - time, full - time and contract workers they employ.

Though just 3 percent of those work more than 15 hours a week as an independent cited the likes of Freelancer.com as their primary source of work, «they are relatively important for young and inexperienced independent workers, with 18 percent of Gen Y independents» listing them as a source of gigs and «21 percent of those who have been independent for less than one year» relying on these marketplaces as well.

Brie Reynolds, the director of online content for FlexJobs, says «side jobs» are defined as anything part time, including freelance, temporary, short - or long - term, work - from - home, or in - person flexible gigs.

Earnest's findings are based on data from those working side gigs who applied for a loan on its platform.

Certainly the countless young people vying for entrance into the firm understand that working insane hours is part of the Wall Street gig.

One - quarter of those actively earning money from labor platforms heavily relied on this income, earning 75 percent of their total income for a given month from gig labor.71 Overall, those earning money from online labor platforms appeared to use it as a substitute for volatile nonplatform work during downturns at their other jobs.

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In months where individuals worked for a gig labor platform, they earned 15 percent of their income through gig work.

Furthermore, a study by JPMorgan Chase looked specifically at gig economy workers working for labor platforms — such as ride - sharing companies — and capital platforms, like temporarily renting one's apartment.

It found that workers on labor platforms relied on their gig economy earnings either as a primary source of income or to make up for poor earnings from nonplatform work.

Some see the so - called sharing economy as being responsible for the advent of a «gig economy», in which people make ends meet by arranging freelance work over the Internet rather than working in traditional full - time jobs (either voluntarily, or because no other work is available).

Gathering this information is more important for gig economy workers than typical borrowers, because you will have to work harder to convince a mortgage lender to approve a home loan.

If markets get a little tipsy, embrace the «gig» economy and work for 8 hours a week to buffer your nest egg.

This book is a must read for those concerned about how technology is disrupting the way we work and eroding the social safety net, and how policy makers should respond to ensure that the growing number of workers in the «gig» economy earn adequate benefits.

More problematically for those who work for these organizations, the companies tend to be structured such that the vast amount of profits go to the companies, making many of those who work this way very much what I would call «involuntary Gig Workers», workers who would rather have «real» jobs.

The rapidly expanding gig economy might be good for employers, but freelance working who lack employer - sponsored benefits and retirement plans need help.

They're a little more free - spirited than most professionals, thriving off the energy that comes from finding a new gig and working on various projects for various companies.The workspace of a freelancer should be just as creative, spontaneous, and dynamic as he or she is, which makes coworking and freelancing a match made in heaven.

I have fortunately gotten offers to work at a startup and in several different contexts similar to my previous position — and these are things I would potentially enjoy, yes, but to waste the potential equity that «personal brand», dirty as it may sound, creates for me (or anyone else) to leverage into client work that pays well and speaking gigs that open up other opportunities — would be a true «lighting on fire» of that which I had done to build that before quitting.

-LSB-...] point # 5: I was meeting a potential business partner for coffee downstairs at the consulting gig I'm working at.

Maven Gig also lends cars to drivers working for companies including Uber, Lyft and food - delivery businesses.

Whether you're working on starting your own business to finance an early retirement or you're looking for a side gig to supplement your usual income, starting a small business can be a daunting task.

I worked for them for 10 years before doing my stay - at - home gig and I loved it Take care and have an awesome week!

I worked as a Health Coach for one of Manhattan's best functional medicine doctors, Dr. Frank Lipman, for the last 4 years, an amazing gig that I only got because of my decision to pursue a holistic nutrition education at IIN.

I personally am pleased that they will still pursue the gluten - free crust and that they are working with GIG to make it safe for everyone.

I worked in the medical field for over 10 years and after learning that I was Gluten Intolerant, working for GIG seemed to be the perfect fit for me.

The Gluten - Free Food Services (GFFS) Training and Accreditation Program, a program of GIG, is designed to work with all food service establishments who wish to provide for and serve gluten - free consumers.

Sandy D'Elosua: Considering one in 100 people have celiac disease, guests have been requesting a gluten - free option for about two years, so we worked with GIG, the Gluten Intolerance Group, to help find a solution.

He's still on the lookout for a GM gig, possibly with the Mariners or Brewers, but in the meantime, he's going to work with his old team to help them prepare for the offseason.

The damage wrought by the PSUs, Baylors, and MSUs is so enormous, so incomprehensibly reprehensible, that the frameworks of «well they paid a fine and lost some scholarships» or «some of the admins went to jail» or «the head coach was fire and laid low for a few years before getting another gig» falls laughably, horrifically short.

Lyon wouldn'thave left his plush advertising gig to work for someone who wasn't ready tobreak some crockery.

Somehow I used to work full - time, have a photography gig almost every weekend, blog on a consistent basis, travel several times a year for blogging junkets and conferences, and manage to build a few websites.

Sure, I picked up some gigs here and there, but for the most part I was working for my kids.