You’ve stumbled upon the perfect job opportunity, but there’s a catch - your educational background isn’t exactly impressive, or perhaps you haven’t had the luxury of formal interview coaching. Don’t worry, though! Landing that job is well within your reach…
When my uncle lost his job along with several hundreds of his co-workers, he also lost his pride. During the first month, he couldn’t even fathom informing his wife and kids about losing his job. He pretended to go to…
There’s a lot of talk these days about the on-demand economy. Among all of the Ubers, Instacarts and Postmates of the world, a number of staffing platforms have cropped up in the same on-demand spirit. Sure, it looks promising, but…
At Wonolo, you can be just about anything – event staffer, warehouse assistant, delivery driver…the list goes on. That extends to all Wonolo employees, executives included, as we each perform a job as a Wonoloer each quarter. Never before had…
One Sunday morning, I found myself with a rare opportunity to do anything I wanted. So, I decided to pick up a job at Papa John’s pizza via Wonolo. Yes, I know. I could have gone hiking, watched a movie…
Work-life balance is a term that gets thrown around quite a bit, but while we love to talk about it, actually achieving it is another thing entirely. In fact, its attainment can seem akin to achieving modern day nirvana. This…
This is no April Fools' joke. The start of April marks an important shift in the history of United States labor laws as minimum wage legislation in New York and California increased to $15 an hour - now the highest in the country…
I recently read a comment on one of our Facebook posts that reminds me why I came to work for Wonolo. Sure, marketing for a tech startup is fun and challenging. Everything is new and bursting with creative energy. You…
I recently had the opportunity to present to a group of senior HR executives at a Fortune 500 company about the emergence of on-demand services and its impact on the future of work. Somehow, our discussion switched over to a…
"Machines will never replace humans," grumbled an executive sitting behind me during Neil Jacobstein’s presentation on “The Rise of the Machines” at the 25th SIA Executive Forum in late February 2016. Interestingly, he was not the only attendee who expressed…