Author: Alain Guillot
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Minimum wage and union jobs are just stepping stones, don’t settle for it, aim higher
in OpinionYou don’t want to work for minimum wage. You don’t have to! Minimum wage is just a stepping stone for you to move into something else. I used to clean toilets for a living When I was a recently arrived immigrant, I worked for less than minimum wage, I cleaned toilets and vacuumed office buildings…
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467 Howard French: How Africa and Africans are at the center of our modern world
in podcastAbout Howard French Howard Waring French is a journalist, author, and photographer, as well as professor since 2008 at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Prior to re-entering academia, he was a longtime foreign correspondent and senior writer with The New York Times. Where to find Howard French WebsiteTwitter Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans,…
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466 Hannah Farber: How Maritime insurance companies helped the development of the U. S.
in podcastAbout Hannah Farber Hannah Farber is an assistant professor of history at Columbia University. She specializes in the political economy of colonial North America, the early American republic, and the Atlantic World. Her first book, Underwriters of the United States explains how the transnational system of marine insurance, by governing the behavior of American merchants, influenced the…
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5 Ways To Improve Your Remote Business Communications
Working remotely has become incredibly commonplace this year, and these trends will likely continue to grow. When you’re working in a remote business, it’s important to pay close attention to your communications. You must ensure that you can communicate effectively with both your staff and your customers, in a way that boosts your productivity. There…
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Safety Measures That All Construction Companies Need
Working on a construction site is one of the riskiest workplaces. Although all workplaces can pose potential dangers and safety training is always necessary, there are a few extra precautions that construction workers need to consider. Of which, we are going to discuss today in the list of safety measures all construction companies need. Use…
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5 Benefits of Streamlining in Business
When it comes to business processes, there are some things that, in fact, many things are streamlined. Some are for no reason, but others need to be done a certain way for many reasons. Streamlining processes can be both beneficial in the short term and the long term; it can also mean fewer errors and…