by dankeelan | Sep 13, 2023 | Featured, Remote Work
The days of fully remote set-ups are past their peak for most employees. According to July 2023 LinkedIn data, seen by BBC Worklife, there has been a 50% year-over-year decrease in remote roles advertised on the platform in the US, and a 21.5% drop in the UK. Yet...
by dankeelan | Sep 5, 2023 | Featured, Remote Work
This is all part of a larger trend we’ve been seeing. This fall, employers all across the country are rolling out stricter requirements for in-person work. The financial firm BlackRock has asked people to come in four days a week, up from three. Amazon says some...
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,...
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