I quit teaching to become a luxury-travel advisor. Since making the transition, I've learned a lot and grown professionally.

Tech Insider : Travel
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Kaylee Stith is a former teacher who decided last spring to pursue luxury-travel advising.

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Job interviews are about to get a whole lot more stressful

Tech Insider : Sports, Sports
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Taking the S2, which measures cognitive capacities like your reaction time and ability to control distractions, feels like a cross between playing Pong and taking an eye exam.

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Work friends are over and maybe that's actually fine

Tech Insider : Economy
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Work friendships are dying out, and it may be for the best.

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My parents struggled in blue-collar jobs. Paying off their mortgage and retiring them is my proudest achievement.

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Simmy Dhillon with his parents and brother.
Dhillon (far right) started his own business as a college student.

Courtesy of Simmy Dhillon

I doubled my salary by becoming a travel nurse. You can't just wait around for a raise — you need to take bold actions.

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Chan was working for below the average hourly rate for nurses in California.
Louie Chan is a nurse in the Bay Area.

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That job you're applying for might be fake

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I'm a single mother who just graduated with a master's degree. My two toddlers helped me survive the chaos.

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The author with her two kids on graduation day.

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Bosses are using 'silent lay-offs' and 'quiet firing' to get rid of employees. It could backfire.

Tech Insider : Business
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A stock image of two employees working in an office.

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Gen Zers are embracing remote and flexible customer service jobs — but the freedom comes at a cost

Tech Insider : Economy
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Young workers are increasingly considering customer service as the perfect "lazy girl job."

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America's crisis of meaningless work

Tech Insider : Economy
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Americans are increasingly feeling like their jobs are meaningless. It could be why they aren't engaged at work.

Ricardo Tomás for BI

American workers are not all right.

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