Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. Self-employed women have lower rates of obesity, inactivity ...

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Six in 10 self-employed physicians surveyed by Medscape felt that their job was more advantageous than for doctors employed by a big healthcare organization or hospital. And 55% of the self-employed ...

For people who don’t want to work for “The Man,” and who like to choose their own schedules and their working pace, being self-employed has long been a smart option. But Covid-19 upset most of that ...

Not all self-employment guarantees financial security, with informal arrangements posing the greatest risks to well-being for many workers. Using machine learning to classify self-employment, a new ...

New research in the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development highlights the growing number of Black women with disabilities pursuing self-employment As Black women experience the steepest ...

Maddie Hale started walking dogs at the age of 16 to tackle school-related stress. She now runs a six-figure dog-walking ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Katie Bullon of activ Marketing Franchise. It has been edited for length and clarity. Before I got pregnant with my firstborn, I was working in ...