On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed a $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. The IRS has already started sending the third round of stimulus checks to eligible Americans and pandemic unemployment assistance has been extended. Here’s how it will affect you. How much is the third stimulus check? In the third round of stimulus payments, […]
Gig workers and freelancers comprise 36% of the U.S. workforce, according to Gallup and the gig economy is growing, even more so since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. At GigSmart, we’ve seen a 460% increase in the number of hourly Gigs posted since March despite COVID-19 downfalls to the job market. Gig workers benefit from […]
Across Get Gigs and Get Workers, Here’s How Staffing Evolved in 2020 2020 was a difficult year. At this time last year, it’s doubtful anyone would have predicted the challenges the year ahead had in store. We faced a global pandemic, broke unemployment records, learned tik-tok dances, watched Tiger King, and witnessed unprecedented chaos in […]
The warehousing and storage industry is one of the few sectors where employment is actually higher than before the pandemic. Companies across the U.S. are rushing to hire temporary warehouse staff amid the holiday season and spikes in online sales. Working in a warehouse requires an array of skill sets to be successful; jobs range […]
GigSmart Workers, this is your friendly reminder: Open Enrollment, the one time of year you can enroll in health insurance, begins today! Let’s face it enrolling in health insurance can be a major headache. There are so many details to consider, prices to compare, and complicated terms to learn. GigSmart has partnered with Stride, the […]
Since our launch at the end of 2018, we’ve always had the same vision: facilitate the connection between individuals looking for work and the businesses or homeowners who are looking to hire. We always believed we were on to something. And today, with over 200,000 individual Workers registered for our Get Gigs hiring app, we […]