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Digital Nomad Numbers Skyrocket Thanks to Work From Anywhere

Small Business Labs

million in 2019 to 10.9 million in 2020, a 49% increase.   As the report chart below shows, the number of digital nomads with traditional jobs roughly doubled from 2019 to 2020. Because of this, only 1 out of 4 (24 percent) American digital nomads said they plan to travel internationally over the next year.

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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’s team has been far more successful on the international stage than the men’s team,” according to ESPN.

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Offering Remote Work Options Creates a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace Environment

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2019). . 2020). . 2020; Roberts et al., In fact, the leading cause of death globally for all people under age 54 is road crashes (Association for Safe International Road Travel, 2022). . 2020). . The risks are increased the longer a commuter has to travel (Lovett et al., DeFelice, M.,

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Work Sabbaticals: The Latest Nonprofit Retention Strategy

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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. We pushed the sabbatical back two years so that I could steer the organization through the pandemic and be able to travel safely.

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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Virtual events also saw a rise in popularity, as they allowed audiences to attend without paying for travel or worrying about exposure to COVID-19. A 2019 article published in the Journal of Applied Business and Economics looked at work boundaries and both the ability and willingness of employees to disconnect from technology.

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You Can Now Find Community Abroad in Thanks to Digital Nomad Villages

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In 2019, 7.3 That number rose sharply in 2020 to an estimated 10.9 They launched a website in November 2020. First introduced in summer 2020 in Estonia, these days at least 21 countries —including Barbados, Greece and Norway—have introduced their own “remote work visas” or “freelancer visas” to entice international workers.

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“EAs Need Better Press.” Agreed. Solving the EA PR Problem Once and For All

Bonnie Low Kramen

Until March, 2020 brought travel to a screeching halt, I had worked in 14 countries and 38 states. In May, 2019, her work was profiled in a Forbes (online) cover story. She is on the Editorial Board and a columnist for Executive Secretary Magazine and is a contributing writer to many other international publications.

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