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Four Productivity Tips: Keep You at the Top of Your Game
Approximately two months ago, Western countries shut down as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and most employers asked their employees to work from home. For those not used to working remotely full-time, doing so proved to be an understandably challenging time:...
How To Prepare For A Post-Coronavirus Job Market
Whether the economic impact of the coronavirus caused you to be furloughed or limited your income, you might wonder what you can do now to prepare for a post-coronavirus job market. Global pandemic aside and regardless of a recession, it’s always a good idea to build...
Stressed Home Workers & Mental Health
Stressed home workers are struggling to switch off during COVID-19 lockdown and it’s impacting their mental health, according to the findings of a new study by cloud communications platform provider, 8×8. Almost half (42%) feel more stressed and...
Remote Worker Tip: Grow Herbs
Spring is here, and with the COVID-19 lockdown maintaining its course, there has never been a better time to begin a home garden. While staying safely at home, growing your own herbs can be meditative, create a feeling of productivity, and just plain fun. Plus, it’s a...
Will Remote Work Sends Techies Out of Tech Hubs?
About a fifth of companies in the San Francisco Bay Area are following Twitter’s lead and planning to keep their workforces at home even after stay-at-home orders are lifted, according to a Bay Area Council survey of CEOs. The tech industry’s embrace of remote work...
Team-building Activities for Remote Teams
So. You’re part of a team distributed across space and time zones. Maybe you’re full-time remote employees, maybe you work in company offices scattered here n’ there, maybe you’ve got a bit of both. Regardless, building connection and team spirit is the key to working...
US Industries Best Geared Toward Remote Working
Remote working has become the new normal for countless Americans as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause massive disruption. The arrangement does have its advantages such as a lack of commuting which saves both time and gas, while there are fewer office...
How This Serial Entrepreneur’s Startup Helps Women Around the World
The Etho, launched last August in Austin, features hundreds of items--jute-rope coasters, radish-root body creams, shoes hand-embroidered in a traditional Palestinian style--whose sales benefit 4,500 female business owners and their employees. O'Quigley, with four...
