Jill Yavorsky

University of North Carolina - Charlotte
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Austin Benes has joined BinMaster as senior vice president of sales.
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The Downside of Artificial Intelligence
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In this July 18, 2019 file photo, speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi joins fellow Democrats and activists seeking better pay as the House approved legislation to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade — to $15 an hour, at the Capitol in Washington.
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Men who enter female-dominated jobs experience, on average, a 4% wage increase and significant boosts to the prestige of their job relative to their previous job.
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