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Championing Importance of Work, Value of Skilled Trades
Florida has a workforce crisis and it’s impacting Florida’s employers and job seekers in dramatic and negative ways, and yet it’s an opportunity business leaders should leverage. Pre-COVID, despite Florida creating 1 in every 11 new U.S. jobs (2015-2020), the number...
Still Want a Job in 5 Years? Start with the 7 Skills Needed for The Future of Work
Over the past two years, we have seen unprecedented changes at work. As a result, were witnessing never before imagined workplace phenomena like a rapidly widening skills gap and rising resignation and talent shortages - all resulting in devastating effects on the...
3 Time Management Hacks for Business Growth and More Free Time
Time management is something that, as entrepreneurs and business people, we put a lot of emphasis on. We all want to find a way to make more efficient use of our time to enjoy the fruits of our labor. Why then do so many of us find ourselves bogged down, working all...
Is Remote Work Actually Better for the Environment?
The Covid-19 pandemic gave rise to the largest remote work “experiment” in history, accelerating a long-term trend towards flexible, remote work, and digitalization. The percentage of people working from home in the U.S. alone rose from 5% to 37%...
11 Uncommon Tips on Becoming a Great Mentor
Since the beginning of the pandemic, it was evident that employees worldwide want to feel cared for. We asked hundreds of leaders who surveyed thousands of their direct reports what makes them feel cared for. Two of the top answers were to "care for their...
Remote-Work Experts Are in Demand as Return to Office Begins Anew
When Stanford economics professor Nicholas Bloom did his first study on working remotely in 2004, the field was an academic backwater. Less than 5% of all full workdays took place at home, making the subject a low priority for business schools and corporate...
16 Surprising Things Happened When I Got Laid Off and Started Freelancing
Here's everything I loved, hated, and learned in my time as a freelancer: I loved how flexible my working hours were. As a freelancer, I mostly stuck to traditional work hours so my free time lined up with when my partner and friends were also off. But knowing that I...
What You Need to Know about the Future of Working Inside the Metaverse
How we work is rapidly evolving as more companies adopt hybrid and remote work. Google, for instance, said this month that it is bringing back its employees in a hybrid fashion in April, while Twitter said it will open offices in March but employees can choose to work...
