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Home Sweet … Ergonomic Workspace. Why wellbeing and comfort matters when you work from home

Workplace Insight

Many of these obligations are laid out in the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) and include the need to supply appropriate equipment, carry out risk assessments, offer training and generally provide a safe working environment. Keep your keyboard and mouse within easy reach: Avoid awkward wrist angles.

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Would You Give Your Staff the ‘Immersive Treatment’?

Allwork

Your computer keyboard and mouse are simple haptic interfaces. 2 Promoting inclusivity . 5 Training and development . Training is one burgeoning area for immersive technologies and there are now examples in the military, sports and healthcare. Using a VR headset, candidates could experience the training first hand.

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What Can We Learn from Facebook and Google When it comes to Attracting Talent

Office Dynamics

By encouraging people to eat and work together, they are just as likely to brainstorm in their away from desk times as they are when they are sitting in front of a keyboard. It is also a great example of how to create a team atmosphere. This in turn attracts like-minded people to work for them, thus reinforcing these principles.

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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

Tips and Tools You Can Use In the same way we exercise our muscles to keep fit, we have to continue to train our brain to maintain its efficiency over time. Put pen to paper (or finger tips to keyboard) and record important dates in a calendar, notebook or on your mobile device. So hang up the phone, find a quiet place and focus.

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Don't Let the Numbers Get You Down

On The Job

In fact, when my kids have homework that starts off with something like “If a train leaves the station and is traveling at 80 m.p.h…” I sort of hear this buzzing sound in my ears and my vision starts to blur around the edges. I’m the first to admit I have never been a math whiz. Sharing ideas.

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Many times the administrative assistant position is a good way into an organization and what a great training ground to know an organizations inner workings than in this profession. I think many university students are seeing the value in having this kind of training. So much is expected of executives these days.

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

Laughing all the Way to Work

This could include sympathy cards, thank you cards, birthday cards, congratulations on a promotion, a card to reconnect with a client you havent heard from in awhile, or many other reasons. I dont often promote any businesses from my blog, but I thought this one was worth talking about. To send to clients of your company.