Buckey, A. W.
Summary: "Describes gig jobs in social media. Explores the history of gig jobs in social media, what it is like to work gig jobs in social media, the pros and cons of gig work compared to a traditional career, and the future of gig work in social media"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BrightPoint Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 302.23 BUCAyarbe, Heidi
Summary: "Describes high-tech gig work, including the history of high-tech gig work, working a gig job, the pros and cons of gig work, and the future of gig jobs in high-tech"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BrightPoint Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 602.3 AYABuckey, A. W.
Summary: "Explores gig jobs in transportation and delivery, including the history of gig work, working a gig job in transportation and delivery, the pros and cons of gig work in transportation and delivery, and the future of the industry"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bright Point Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 338.023 BUCKallen, Stuart A.
Summary: "The number people working side gigs has been growing. And many more turned to side gigs as unemployment soared in 2020. According to the Freelancers Union, which advocates for independent workers, 57 million Americans were self-employed in 2019. Around 2 million more started their own side gigs in 2020"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 331.702 KALKallen, Stuart A.
Summary: "Anyone seeking a job today is entering an economy where an estimated one-third of workers are employed in the gig economy. They are referred to my many job titles including gig workers, freelancers, side-hustlers, on-demand employees, consultants, and independent contractors. While the terms many vary, these wage earners are participating in an alternative workforce that is growing faster than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 331.702 KALTang, Kat
Summary: "Would you hire someone to be the best man at your wedding? Your stand-in brother? Your husband? In Kat Tang's exciting and resonant debut, a "Rental Stranger"--a companion hired under various guises--walks the line between personal and professional in surprising new ways. Five-Star Stranger follows a man who is a top-rated performer on the "Rental Stranger" app, where users can hire a pretend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC TAN1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
Mush (Musical group)
Contents: Revising my fee -- Eat the etiquette -- Existential dread -- Coronation chicken -- Island mentality -- Fruits of the happening -- Hey gammon head! -- 3d routine -- Gig economy -- Poverty pornography -- No signal in the paddock -- Alternative facts.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MUSMulcahy, Diane
Summary: From Uber to the presidential debates, the gig economy has been dominating the headlines…and for good reason. Today, more than a third of Americans are working in the gig economy—mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. For those who’ve figured out the formula, life has never been better
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 650.1 MULQuart, Alissa
Summary: "Squeezed" weaves together intimate reporting with sharp and lively critique to show how the high cost of parenthood and our increasingly unstable job market have imploded the middle-class American Dream for many families, and offers surprising solutionsfor how we might change things. Families today are squeezed on every side--from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 QUACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 QUARobb, Russell
Summary: "Russell Robb, along with his millennial granddaughter, Katharine Robb Meehan, offers real-world financial and career advice, which encourages millennials to utilize their personality traits while seeking a job, set realistic financial goals, and budget wisely as they partner, start families, and prepare for retirement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022