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  • Pro Wrestling

  The rise of EFFY, a gay pro wrestler who overcame the odds — and slurs — to craft a lucrative personal brand

  Business Insider - Andrew Ward

  EFFY is not your traditional professional wrestler. Not many in the scripted sport hold a public-relations degree and eight years of experience operating a shipping logistics company, nor have many come...

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  • Employment

  Paying people more may not solve the labor shortage. Here's what companies need to do to attract more workers, according to a Wharton professor.

  Business Insider - Stephen Jones

  Everyone seems to be talking about the state of the labor market. Businesses across multiple sectors complain that they're been struggling to hire staff for months. At the same time, record numbers of...

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  • Mount Everest

  The first British woman to climb Everest said that people who know what they want to do from a young age are lucky. Here's her best career advice.

  Business Insider - Stephen Jones

  It is easy to look at high achievers and think that they've always had a plan about what they wanted to do with their career. Rebecca Stephens could fall into that camp. In 1993, she became the first woman...

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  • United States

  I'm a refugee who came to the US and started a business with $20,000. 12 years later, it's going strong.

  Business Insider - Kristi Eaton

  This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Oklahoma business owner Paul Her. It has been edited for length and clarity. My parents are refugees from the war in Laos. We are Hmong...

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  9 things I wish I knew before quitting my job to do my side hustle full time

  Business Insider - By Kisha Smith, as told to Jessica Milicevic

  I left my job as a supervisor at a transportation and logistics company in February 2021. After working there for 15 years, I was restless to start building a business of my own. For seven years, I'd slowly...

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  Labor shortage causes 172 Maryland nursing students to graduate early after governor announces 'early exit' request

  Business Insider - Hannah Towey

  172 nursing students at the University of Maryland will graduate early to help ease the state's "critical shortage" of medical staff. Students scheduled to graduate on December 23 may complete their studies...