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  • Georgia's largest school district seeing success in recruiting, keeping bus drivers

    October 14, 2022 |

    WSB-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia is using active recruitment to keep an appropriate number of bus drivers on staff. Their team dedicated to transportation holds weekly job fairs, sends flyers home with students’ meals, and trains potential drivers on site.

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  • How Angwan Gwuragwu, FCT women are earning while keeping community

    October 13, 2022 |

    NewsWire NGR |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Angwan Gwuragwu, Abuja

    In an effort to address issues of waste disposal, the Women Recyclers Empowerment Initiative empowers women in local communities by paying them to recycle plastics. Not only does the initiative address waste issues, but it also allows women to become financially independent. So far, 40 women have participated in the initiative.

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  • How to Hire Remote Workers from Economically Distressed Countries

    October 10, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Venezuela

    iWorker is a virtual assistant agency that connects bilingual professionals from economically troubled countries like Venezuela to businesses in the US, Europe, and Canada. By connecting workers with these jobs, the platform not only provides them with an income, it ensures that the income will be paid in a foreign currency more stable than their own, helping the recipients manage surging rates of inflation. Since 2018, iWorker has provided work to over 4,500 Venezuelans inside and outside of the country.

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  • Where will new teachers come from? Community colleges offer a path.

    October 06, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Teaching programs at community colleges allow people to earn teaching degrees at their convenience, around their schedule, and for cheaper than university programs. These programs are helping to reduce the teacher shortage in the states they are available.

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  • Human urine turned into ‘gold' to boost agricultural productivity in Rwanda

    October 05, 2022 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda

    Fertilizer produced from human urine is a more affordable option for Rwandan farmers and is better for the soil than chemical-based fertilizers. Though it was initially produced to improve fertilizer affordability, it has also become a source of income for those who sell their urine to the producers.

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  • Would you like a side of offshoring with that?

    September 30, 2022 |

    NPR |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Toronto

    To combat hiring issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, some restaurants have leaned on more innovative solutions, like hiring offshore workers to work remotely from other countries. These virtual cashier systems provide ease for employers while still providing customers with a real person to talk to.

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  • Four-day workweek: Why more companies are taking the plunge

    September 28, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York

    Several companies are beginning to lean into the four-day workweek. It is also being seen as a new recruiting tool that resonates with a younger generation that prioritizes work-life balance. There are even nonprofits like 4 Day Week Global, that are coordinating pilot programs across the globe to encourage more companies to adopt a 32-hour workweek with no cut in pay.

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  • California's fire crisis requires carceral reform and a Just Transition

    September 28, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    A California law is making it easier for firefighters trained while incarcerated to get the emergency medical technician licensing required to work at municipal fire stations once released. The new law helps formerly incarcerated firefighters expunge felony convictions from their records that would otherwise prevent them access to licensing.

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  • Making Money While Recycling in Nigeria

    September 28, 2022 |

    Instick |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Osogbo, Osun

    Mygbolat Waste Management is a wholesale waste collection business in Osogbo, Nigeria, that is working to combat unemployment and create wealth for its employees while helping the environment by cleaning and selling recyclables.

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  • Recycling: Abuja residents shift waste into wealth, as economic hardship bites

    September 24, 2022 |

    International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja, Abuja

    In an effort to involve more residents in recycling, the Cash for Trash initiative places drop-off hubs close to households in Abuja, Nigeria. Anyone can drop off recyclables and get paid to do so.

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