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Pandemic proves a boon for IT freelancers

More and more global companies choose to outsource; individual freelancers demand 10pc incentive Like a million others, Ridoy Saha was rendered unemployed within weeks after Bangladesh introduced a nationwide lockdown in March last year. He returned to his village home as his employer, an ad agency, was closed. But unlike many others, he soon got back to work to make a living as the tasks he specialises in have not lost their demand globally.  He started working at Upwork, an American freelancing platform. What is more, his monthly income surged more than four times compared to the Tk 30,000 he used to take home while working for the ad agency. "I am doing the same thing that I used to do for the agency -- graphics and animation. The first few weeks of the freelance work were challenging. Then I got some clients who liked my work and started giving me work regularly," Saha said. Saha is not the lone freelancer who has been able to keep working during the pandemic. More compan

Leading Citizen Automation Platform Quickbase Names PAN Communications as Agency of Record

Integrated marketing and PR agency to help drive awareness through thought leadership, and to showcase the company’s deep domain expertise in enabling business agility PAN Communications, an integrated marketing and PR agency for B2B technology and healthcare brands, today announced its agency of record partnership with Quickbase, the leading no-code operational agility platform. The agency will support the brand’s rapid growth stake as a first-mover and leader in the citizen automation and citizen development space. As digital acceleration continues, Gartner predicts that by 2025, fifty percent of new low-code clients will come from business buyers outside the IT organization. “With 20 years of experience in citizen automation and development, we feel accountable for helping to shape that conversation in the market, and we couldn't be happier to have PAN Communications as a partner in that effort.” Quickbase has long been a pioneer in the no-code application platform space. With m

The Best Work-at-Home Jobs for Canadians

  The work-from-home trend exploded with the arrival of the pandemic, with eight times more Canadians working primarily from home in 2021 than in 2016. And even though the pandemic is winding down, both employers and employees are enjoying the numerous advantages of remote work, which means the trend is likely to continue. But although 80% of Canadians would prefer to work at least half their hours from home, 68% of the workforce continues to commute to their jobs.   Fortunately, if you fall within that 68% that still works outside the home, there are more ways than ever to make money from home! Whether you’re looking to make extra money on the side or find a new home-based career, you’ll find a lot of great ideas in this expansive list of best work-at-home jobs for Canadians.  1. User Interviews User Interviews is a company that helps brands like Pinterest, Spotify, and Wayfair do market research conveniently by sourcing target study participants quickly. They are always looking for p

14% more ecommerce companies in Ukraine since 2019

The number of ecommerce companies in Ukraine has increased by 14 percent since the beginning of 2019. In the same period, the average income of domestic online sellers has grown 1.5 times. Especially, ecommerce companies located in the cities of Dnipro and Kiev have shown some significant growth in average income, 72 and 70 percent respectively. And more than 30 percent of all profits from sales on global marketplaces go the accounts of ecommerce companies located in the capital of Ukraine, Kiev. Profit growth of 69 percent This is shown in a report by Payoneer, which conducted a study about ecommerce in Ukraine. It found that there are now 14 percent more online retailers in this Eastern European country than at the beginning of 2019. And during the same amount of time, the overall profit growth of online retailers Ukraine grew 69 percent. According to this study, over half (53 percent) of total profits of ecommerce companies in Ukraine comes from five cities across the country. These

Digital World: Unlimited Opportunities, Real-World Problems

In A Decade of Digital Transformation in 12 Months, 46 C-suite executives spoke with PYMNTS for its Q2 eBook on what the world will look like as recovery rolls on and the next iteration of normal rolls out. In this excerpt, Scott Galit, CEO of Payoneer, shares his predictions on which changes are here to stay and which will prove to be passing fads post-pandemic. One of the most humbling and fascinating elements of the past year has been the universality of the global experience. As an international company with more than 25 offices around the world, Payoneer is no stranger to remote work arrangements and virtually connected teams. But for the first time in our 15 years as a company, we found ourselves sharing the exact same collective experience. At home, in lockdown, with the internet as our only window to the world, our team of over 1,800 global employees found ourselves apart, together. The pandemic era brought into sharp focus the way the connected economy has leveled the playing

Golden Melody Two Kings Two Queens Shen Wencheng, Huang Dawei, Pan Yueyun, Wang Ruolin BACK TO 70’S Western Golden Melody Concert

[US] Wang Ruolin, with a moving voice, will attend the Western Golden Melody concerts in Taipei and Kaohsiung. [TW] 嗓音動人的王若琳,將出席台北、高雄場的西洋金曲演唱會。 The most "pure" classic Western Golden Melody Music Feast "BACK TO 70'S Western Golden Melody Concert", the organizer and digital cultural and creative invited the strong cast of "Golden Melody Award", including four heavyweight singers in the Chinese music scene-Shen Wencheng and Huang Dawei , Pan Yueyun and Wang Ruolin join hands to sing! The first show will be held at the Taipei International Convention Center at 7:30 PM on May 29, at Huisun Hall, Taichung Chung Hsing University on June 26, and at the Haiyin Hall of the Kaohsiung Pop Music Center on July 17. With the exquisite and beautiful voice of "Two Kings and Two Queens", you can enter the time machine and immerse yourself in the good time of Western classic songs in the 70s. udn ticket sales network is officially on sale! These four powerful

Western Golden Melody Concert is the first to announce the opening of TICC in October

[US] Wang Ruolin [TW] 王若琳 [US] Shen Wencheng trained independently to prepare for the concert. [TW] 沈文程自主訓練 為演唱會備戰。 Shen Wencheng, Huang Dawei, Pan Yueyun, Wang Ruolin led the "BaACK TO 70's" Western Golden Melody concert, originally scheduled to tour at the end of June, due to the postponement, the concert organizer announced today (17) that the first concert is expected to be held in Taipei International on October 30 Singing in the conference center. Shen Wencheng, who is very keen on fishing, often uses his work time to go fishing. "The show clothes will forget to bring them, but the fishing rod will never forget." However, Shen Wencheng fishes without a net, only a camera, and releases after taking photos with the fish. "I always say that fishing should not have a conqueror mentality. After all, it is a life, and meeting them is a fate; after a fish is hooked, I will say to it, "I'm sorry, it hurts, it’s so cute, mom will give birth." Oh,