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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports.

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When Too Much Talk Turns Toxic

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The average employee spends a little over half of their time communicating via emails, meetings and chats. Commonly used communication tools From email and instant messaging to video chats and work management platforms, there’s no shortage of tools and resources we can use to communicate. There’s really no turning back.

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How to handle remote employee time tracking

BMT Office Administration

Prior to 2020, only 6% of all employees worked remotely. Now in 2023, it’s projected that 25% of the workforce will engage in remote work in one form or another. While that’s great news for employees who enjoy the increased flexibility of working from home, it poses a significant challenge for managers. Why is that?

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

Before 2020, employee monitoring in a traditional office environment was pretty straightforward. Managers and supervisors kept track of employee performance and productivity by directly monitoring them throughout the workday. Yet, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 threw a wrench into this tried and true system for most companies.

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Asana vs ClickUp: Which Project Management Software is Best?

BMT Office Administration

Team collaboration can be a real challenge if you’re still using written to-do lists and communicating through email. Not only that, but keeping up with dozens of email threads is a remarkably inefficient way to handle task management, not to mention that it’s a huge hassle. What is ClickUp? What’s that? What is Asana?

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Your Time Change Crash Course

Jen Lawrence

For instance, you may be scheduling a meeting in July in Phoenix and some emails say “12:00 pm MST” and others say “12:00 pm MDT.” While interchanging the S and D throughout the year may not seem like a big deal, you could be making disastrous scheduling mistakes by not using them correctly. and 12:00 pm MDT is actually 1:00 pm in Phoenix.

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Your Time Change Crash Course

Jen Lawrence

For instance, you may be scheduling a meeting in July in Phoenix and some emails say “12:00 pm MST” and others say “12:00 pm MDT.” While interchanging the S and D throughout the year may not seem like a big deal, you could be making disastrous scheduling mistakes by not using them correctly. and 12:00 pm MDT is actually 1:00 pm in Phoenix.