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Examining The Global Impact Of The Gig Economy Explosion

Allwork

Using online website traffic data, surveys across 17 countries and other methods, the World Bank found that developed countries hold the majority of the world’s large percentage of gig workers. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that about 70% of the world’s population doesn’t have insurance coverage.

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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

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18, 2019, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch completed the 221st spacewalk in support of the International Space Station’s maintenance and assembly, and marked the first all-female spacewalk in history. Women in sports In 2016, Brehanna Daniels became the first Black woman member of the pit crew in NASCAR.

2020 279
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“Take Your Dog To Work Day”: How Fido Can Help Companies Retain Employees

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A 2016 survey by Banfield Pet Hospitals showed that 83% percent of workers felt more sense of loyalty to companies that embrace a pet-friendly environment.? . In a previous survey of 1,000 U.S. Allwork.Space: For both pet owners and non-pet owners, are there mental health benefits to having dogs in the office? .

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How Administrative Professionals Can Prepare for the Office of the Future

Office Dynamics

In recent Office of the Future research from OfficeTeam and the International Association of Administrative Professionals, 50 percent of survey respondents feel they have skills that are not being tapped at work. Brandi will be speaking at our Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence in October 2016.

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How to Understand People’s Personality Types

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A number of years ago, I did a survey of personality textbooks, and I found there were over 400 parts of personality that were in the glossary of the first textbook. Introverted Intuiting (Ni) Introverted Intuiting people need time away from external stimulation and mundane demands in order to access rich internal processes.

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Revolutionary Ways Assistants Can Get Information from Their Managers

Office Dynamics

Our conference was held in October 2016 in Las Vegas. Our team-building activity for 2016 was called Compression Planning®: From Idea to Action and Results Faster. From the survey responses, I created a chart to show our conference attendees the types of issues assistants were having around their executives and communications.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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Just ask the women in the tech industry, 50% of whom will leave their jobs by age 35, according to a survey conducted by Accenture and Girls Who Code. in 2016 to 44.3% It’s not only about what happens internally, how to build good teams , but also about how you relate with clients.” It’s hard to keep them.” According to U.S.

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