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A Guide to Finding and Hiring the Best Contractors

Harvard Business Review

This is in part because companies need to hire highly skilled people for shorter periods of time as work flows in faster, less predictable cycles. For example, the health care, real estate, and construction industries gained contractors in the past year, while public safety, retail, and the arts lost them.

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The Question with AI Isn’t Whether We’ll Lose Our Jobs — It’s How Much We’ll Get Paid

Harvard Business Review

Automation anxiety is made more acute by a labor market that has tilted against workers over the last 30 years, with increasing income inequality and stagnant real wages. While technology and globalization have spurred competition, efficiency, and dynamism, the gains have not been shared by all. The Economy in 2018.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories Too Important to Miss

Harvard Business Review

Creating any “top” list of stories from 12 months is nearly impossible. Several cities experienced days with small-particle air pollution running 25 to 40 times higher than the World Health Organization’s recommended limit. And Lego just announced its intention to use 100% renewable energy by 2016.