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Job Seekers With Past Convictions Might Find a Fresh Start in Federal Employment

Allwork

The report found that: Between 2003 and 2017, individuals with incarceration histories were approximately half as likely to secure federal employment compared to their counterparts without such records.

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The Long Term Shift to Contract Labor by Small Businesses

Small Business Labs

In 2003 contract labor about 20% of total labor costs of sole proprietors. Spending on salaries and wages grew from $73.7 billion in 2010 to $97.9 billion in 2018, or an annual growth rate of 3.61%. In other words, spending on contract labor increased at 2.5x the spending on traditional employee salaries and wages from 2010 to 2018.

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The Number of Nonemployer Businesses Continued to Grow in 2016

Small Business Labs

 Since 2003, for example, the number of nonemployer businesses has increased by about 5.7 Receipts increased 1.5 percent from $1.15 trillion in 2015 to $1.17 trillion in 2016. This continues a pattern of about 2% growth per year in the number of nonemployer businesses over the past couple of decades. Since

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Use of Contract Labor by Small Businesses Continues to Grow

Small Business Labs

  Way back in 2003, contract labor was only about 20% of the labor costs of sole proprietors.   Over the same period, spending on salaries and wages (meaning traditional employees) rose from $73.7 billion to $90.9 billion, an increase of 23%.  By 2010 it has risen to 31%. And in 2016 it reached 39%. 

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After Nearly Two Decades of Nonstop Adventuring, One Family Shares Tips For a Successful Life on the Go

Success

It was 2003 when Ali and Patrick first started their adventure. Back in 2003, there weren’t all the sailing blogs and YouTube channels showing what we were in for. The only life Ouest had ever known was on the road or in the water. They were in their late 20s, living in Chicago.

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After Nearly Two Years of Nonstop Adventuring, One Family Shares Tips For a Successful Life on the Go

Success

It was 2003 when Ali and Patrick first started their adventure. Back in 2003, there weren’t all the sailing blogs and YouTube channels showing what we were in for. The only life Ouest had ever known was on the road or in the water. They were in their late 20s, living in Chicago.

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Led by Retail, The Surge in New Business Applications Continues

Small Business Labs

Back in 2003-2007 80% of new retail trade business applications came from firms planning on hiring traditional employees.  In addition to the surge, both charts also illustrates the longer-term shift away from shift employer business applications (high propensity applications, in yellow) and towards applications from solopreneurs.

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