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Contract Jobs Dominated Job Growth Since 2005

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job growth since 2005 has been in contracting gigs  covers a study by two noted academic economists that found all net employment growth in the U.S. economy since 2005 appears to have occurred in alternative work arrangements. in 2005 to 15.8% million in February 2005 to 23.6 million (66.5%) from 14.2

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UK insolvencies at lowest level since 2005

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Some great news for anyone thinking about starting their own business now: the number of insolvencies in the first quarter of 2013 have fallen to their lowest level since 2005 according to a study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Business News business insolvency insolvencies insolvency Recovery UK Economy'

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The United Nation Reports There are 4.9 Billion Internet Users

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The ITU report chart shows the growth in Internet users since 2005 (click to enlarge). .   Key quote from the Washington Post's 1 in 3 people around the world have never used the Internet, a U.N. report estimates : " across the U.N.’s " So we still have a long way to go before Internet usage is universal.

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It’s International Coworking Day — Learn About Its History, Plus Ways To Celebrate

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Software engineer Brad Neuberg is credited as the person who kicked off not just Coworking Day, but the whole coworking movement itself, when he blogged about the idea on August 9, 2005 : . Even today, the essence of coworking remains remarkably true to Brad’s 2005 vision:? .

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The Holidays Can Be Overwhelming—Remember These 3 Things to Stay Positive

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In 2005, Primerica’s almost decade-long partnership with Citigroup had reached the point where we just didn’t fit within their environment anymore. I could’ve easily let my mind become overwhelmed with all the difficulties we were having and our uncertain future and spent that Christmas in 2005 too troubled to enjoy the festivities.

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Gen Z’s Labor Market Triumph: Fastest Recovery in Recent History

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in 2001-2005, and 7.5% percentage points faster than in 2001-2005, and 9.7 “[Y]oung college graduates faced outright wage losses of 4.9% after the Great Recession, 4.3% in 1990-1994. This means real wage growth in the pandemic business cycle was 7.1 percentage points faster than in the aftermath of the Great Recession, 6.5

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Small Business Applications in May 2nd Highest Ever

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  This was the second highest number of applications filed since this data was first collected in 2005. Census chart below shows (click to enlarge), 500,219 business applications were filed in May.  The recent surge in applications started last summer in July when a record 551,000 business applications were filed.  

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