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Explores the history, benefits and disadvantages, and future of gig jobs in the transportation and delivery industry, and describes gig jobs like rideshare jobs, food delivery jobs, package delivery jobs, and moving, shipping, and freight jobs. Includes color photographs, sidebars, a glossary, and additional resources.
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"Would you hire someone to be the best man at your wedding? Your stand-in brother? Your husband? In Kat Tang's exciting and resonant debut, a "Rental Stranger"--a companion hired under various guises--walks the line between personal and professional in surprising new ways. Five-Star Stranger follows a man who is a top-rated performer on the "Rental Stranger" app, where users can hire a pretend fiancé, a wingman, or an extra mourner for a funeral....
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Introduces readers to the gig economy and careers in the delivery and transportation sectors. Discusses different jobs in these fields--like rideshare and delivery drivers--and their benefits and drawbacks. Includes color photographs, Q&A interviews with gig workers, sidebars, and further resources.
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Introduces readers to the gig economy and a career in social media marketing. Discusses how to get a job in social media marketing, possible earnings, and the benefits and drawbacks of the job. Includes color photographs, a Q&A interview with a gig worker, sidebars, and further resources.
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Offers concrete ways to navigate the uncertainty of freelancing to build a life that is financially and emotionally rewarding. In The Freelance Mindset we discover our illusions about the way we work are just that--stories we make up, or, worse, stories that were made up for us. The current way of work is, in fact, not working for us, but there is another path forward: one that leverages our innate creativity and human need to make a living. Readers...