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Digital Nomad Numbers Skyrocket Thanks to Work From Anywhere

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million in 2020, a 49% increase. The increase is driven by the unleashing of traditional employees due to the shift to work from anywhere policies caused by the pandemic.    As the report chart below shows, the number of digital nomads with traditional jobs roughly doubled from 2019 to 2020. The number of U.S.

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7 Cybersecurity Tips for Remote Workers

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In 2020, searches for “ password strength test ” increased by 300%, a search query that represents a growing and necessary public awareness of cybersecurity. Putting on a privacy screen is an affordable and easy way to protect what’s on your screen when you’re working while traveling or in a public space. Protect your screens.

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Work Sabbaticals: The Latest Nonprofit Retention Strategy

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Much of nonprofit work is emotionally draining, whether directly assisting individuals, working with communities or driving public policy to change systems. In December 2019, after years of requesting a sabbatical, my board of directors approved a 12-week paid sabbatical planned for June 2020, after our legislative session concluded.

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What’s In It For Me? Why It’s Crucial To Give Your Employees A Return-on-Commute

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The return-on-commute (ROC) concept is emerging as a critical factor in attracting employees back to the office by ensuring that the workplace offers a tangible and meaningful return on the investment of time, effort, and cost that employees commit to when traveling to work.

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

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in 2020 to 8.5% If you have a customer-is-always-right policy, describe what’s required to support it. Although many companies had to make a dramatic shift in office policies since the pandemic, goLance has been a fully remote company from the start, with the infrastructure, communications, and processes in place for this environment.

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Is a Widespread Return to Working in the Office on the Horizon?

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For some leaders, life since 2020 has been one big-out-of-control spiral. She’s most clearly seeing RTO mandates in technology fields, in which several companies are reversing their “work from anywhere” pandemic policies for some or all of their employees. So far, the policy has been well-received by the team.

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The Intuit 2020 Report - 20 Trends for the Next Decade

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Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses?   This report is the first in a series of Intuit 2020 research and forecast reports. 

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