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From Layoff To Liftoff: 5 Steps To Rebuild Your Career

Allwork

Prioritize saving your contacts, and forward any emails that would help your resume and, if applicable, your portfolio. Take this attention to detail a step farther and have a friend also proofread the document. Here are five steps to take to survive the turbulent time immediately following a layoff. It’s also important to be honest.

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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.

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Optimizing the Hybrid Work Landscape for Tasks to Do at Home

Allwork

Among those willing to take a pay cut, 89% would give up to 20% of their salary. Americans invest substantial time commuting, as evidenced by 2019 U.S. A McKinsey report reveals that email alone occupies an average of 28% of a knowledge worker’s time. Census data.

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The 4-Day Workweek Massive Pilot Results Are in—It Was a “Resounding Success.”

Success

study conducted by researchers at Boston College, University of Cambridge and other educational institutions, was released in February 2023, documenting nearly 3,000 participants’ results in a collaboration to determine the potential impacts of a four-day workweek. A high-profile U.K. We have to change, or we won’t survive.

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I Tried Napping Every Day for a Month—Here’s What I Learned About Toxic Hustle Culture

Success

A 2019 study of a Swiss population found that people who napped once or twice weekly had fewer cardiovascular issues. If I didn’t nap in time, I would lie there forever missing important emails and sacrificing deadlines. Writing became easy as words flowed from my brain to my fingers to a blank Google document.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. I talk with thousands of assistants and managers who think they are communicating with each other because they text or email each other all day. This is not communicating.

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

Bonnie Low Kramen

This document that is fact-based, data-driven and without emotion is at the heart of changing perception. Be present in your manager’s email signature. This sends a powerful message to the recipients of your executive’s emails. Keep their emails telling you how amazing you are and thanking you for your hard work.

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