Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. Part-time jobs may be elusive, but the idea of working ...

At first, getting laid off from her job at a marketing tech firm in June of 2022 was shocking and depressing for Sam Popp, 33, who had also been furloughed from a different company briefly in 2020.

Remote work is not the only macro trend making waves in the global workforce. Part-time employment is also picking up adoption as the new future of work. As of February 2025, the number of ...

The job market may be cooling, but working part time is still hot. After the pandemic, “people did some sort of reconsideration,” says Lonnie Golden, a professor of economics and labor and Penn State ...

The median weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers in the U.S. is $340, according to 2022 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That means the typical part-time worker is ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Ebony Howard ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Several years ago, to research the novel I was writing, I spent six months working in the warehouse of a big-box store. As a supporter of the Fight for $15, I ...

Retirement is often portrayed as lazy days at home broken up by afternoons spent on the golf course. However, not everyone wants to spend their golden years unemployed. “It isn’t always about making ...