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Digital Nomad Numbers Skyrocket Thanks to Work From Anywhere

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million in 2019 to 10.9 The increase is driven by the unleashing of traditional employees due to the shift to work from anywhere policies caused by the pandemic.    As the report chart below shows, the number of digital nomads with traditional jobs roughly doubled from 2019 to 2020. The number of U.S.

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How Can Office Design Help To Rebuild Working Relationships?

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Unfortunately, getting back to “normal” isn’t as simple as reinstating pre-COVID work policies. They are also more productive: a 2019 study on behavioral management found that participants in a rapport-building work group completed significantly more productivity tasks and scored higher on discretionary effort.

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7 Cybersecurity Tips for Remote Workers

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Putting on a privacy screen is an affordable and easy way to protect what’s on your screen when you’re working while traveling or in a public space. of automated attacks are blocked through two-factor authentication, according to a Microsoft study from 2019. . Protect your screens. Be cautious with physical security.

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Work Sabbaticals: The Latest Nonprofit Retention Strategy

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Much of nonprofit work is emotionally draining, whether directly assisting individuals, working with communities or driving public policy to change systems. 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.

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The Four Horsemen of the Mandated Return to Office

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Or consider a National Bureau of Economic Research paper about a study at Trip.com, one of the largest travel agencies in the world. European banks, which offer more flexible hybrid work policies, are using these to hire talented staff from the less flexible US banks. Those who worked on a hybrid schedule had 35% better retention.

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Corporations Starting to Embrace Digital Nomads

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This means she works with the people who decide the remote work policies at GE.   According to the findings of the 2019 MBO Partners digital nomad study , there are about 7.3   In most cases, their boss decided to allow them to travel.    In most cases, their boss decided to allow them to travel

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Work flexibility: Unconventional arrangements are here to stay

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According to LinkedIn Global Talent Trends 2022 , job hunters viewed nearly twice as many job posts before applying in 2021 than they did in 2019. The LinkedIn Global Talent Trends report notes an 83% increase in job posts mentioning flexibility since 2019 and a whopping 147% increase in posts mentioning well-being. Hybrid work.