by dankeelan | Aug 1, 2023 | Jobs, Remote Work, Tips
Some jobs are saying goodbye to 9 to 5 and hello to flexible schedules. The option of flexible-schedule remote jobs allows employees to obtain a healthier work-life balance, FlexJobs career expert Keith Spencer tells CNBC Make It. These jobs are a sign of...
by dankeelan | Aug 1, 2023 | Remote Work, Stories
In 2013 I moved from Portland, Oregon, to Aitutaki in the Cook Islands after college for four months to teach English. It’s a tiny island of about 2,000 people. Being alone without my friends or family gave me anxiety bad enough to turn to medication. However, I...
by dankeelan | Aug 1, 2023 | Featured, Remote Work
Remote work became possible long before the pandemic. Many employers resisted it on a hunch that employees working from home might spend too much of their workday watching Oprah and shopping on eBay. Then came COVID-19, which launched a vast, forced experiment in...
by dankeelan | Jul 25, 2023 | Featured, Remote Work
Early last year, when Tabatha Curtis left her server job at Cracker Barrel to care for a daughter with health issues, her prospects for finding a position that would allow her to work from home seemed bleak. There were plenty of remote job postings – for secretaries,...
by dankeelan | Jul 18, 2023 | Future of Work, Remote Work
Rachel Dunlop doesn’t think she’ll ever go back to the 9-to-5 office grind after making a career switch to freelance during the pandemic. “There’s way too many benefits to this way of life,” she told Insider. Dunlop, 39, lives in...
by dankeelan | Jul 18, 2023 | Featured, Remote Work, U.S. Economy
$800 billion worth of office space is at risk, caused by lower demand due to remote work, according to a McKinsey report. Based on a survey of 13,000 full-time office workers, the management-consulting firm built a model that projects demand for real estate in...
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