Milan Kordestani, founder and CEO of Audo, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Audo is a career building platform that combines e-learning and job opportunities that fit the skills you learn. Scott and Milan dig into the changes coming to education, the value of college and avoiding debt. They also touch on just how gamification…
President & CEO of Skills for Chicagoland’s Future. Marie Trzupek Lynch knows job placement – or just getting a job in general – is tougher than it it should be for employers and prospective employees. The pandemic has only further put a spotlight on glaring holes in the job market – namely: there isn’t much…
Yong Kim, the founder of Wonolo (stands for “Work Now Locally”), set out to create a platform to bring power back to today’s workers. After closing a Series C funding round of $32 million in November 2018, his company is set to lead the wave, empowering freelance and project workers. Yong joined the podcast to…
Today’s workforce values the flexibility and autonomy of project-based work, choosing the gig economy over traditional full-time employment. “This isn’t just for white-collar work — we’re seeing many blue-collar employees adopt this new employment structure,” says Wonolo founder Yong Kim. Wonolo’s platform combines technology, business and human nature to empower part-time workers to choose…
Hiring is a major challenge for employers. On the flip side of the coin, socioeconomic and other barriers can prevent certain job seekers from identifying opportunities. The aptly named Solve offers a solution. Led by CEO and founder Matt Strauss, the software platform helps companies find and hire talented people in underserved communities. It also…
With more information on the shortcomings, as well as the promise of the gig economy, it invites the question: Is on-demand shift work failing, or is it the future? Last year a reported 57 million Americans — over a third of the population — were a part of the gig economy. If…
Victor Saad, founder of the Chicago-based Experience Institute, delivers the keynote at the May 2016 Technori showcase, sharing his vision of the future of work.