article thumbnail

How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. 24 million Americans consider abandoning their careers for self-employment, according to FreshBooks’s 2019 Self-Employment in America Report. It’s growing.

article thumbnail

9 Pro Tips for Avoiding Loneliness When You Work From Home

Success

They’re tips from writers like myself and other professionals who’ve learned the best ways to be social without an office to visit or co-workers to chat with. I try to schedule lunch or coffee with a friend once a week in order to have a little socialization on my calendar. My dogs always give me something to smile about.”

Health 331
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights. On top of that, these leaders don’t do a very good job of managing their schedules because they don’t have time to look at their calendar from a holistic perspective. A great executive assistant looks at the entire calendar for a month—what happened last week?

Calendars 325
article thumbnail

13 Undeniable Ways to Get Sh*t Done

Success

This depended largely on adjusting my Sunday routine, making habits of all the good advice I’d received over the years from family, teachers and bosses (plus the lessons I’d learned the hard way on my own). The more detailed my calendar, the more prepared and focused I am. Wake up early to be more productive. Whom do I contact and why?

Skills 246
article thumbnail

Work Sabbaticals: The Latest Nonprofit Retention Strategy

Success

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. I live by my (multiple) alarms, to-do lists and calendar. What I discovered on sabbatical. Unstructured time was an unexpected benefit of my sabbatical.

Policies 263
article thumbnail

Episode 275: Starting Something Stupid with Richie Norton

Productivityist

In 2019, Richie was ranked one of the world’s top 100 business coaches by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith. This episode is also brought to you by Woven Calendar. Woven Calendar features powerful scheduling tools built into a smart, collaborative calendar. I absolutely love Woven.

article thumbnail

Business finance: The ultimate guide for non-finance people

BMT Office Administration

In particular, traditional business financing options like bank loans have been declining since 2020 — where they fell 6% from 2019 (43% to 37%, respectively). That’s why I’ve put together this beginner’s guide to business finance, so read on to learn the fundamentals of financing a business. Why is that?

Finance 105