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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

In a survey published in 2020’s “ Building the On-Demand Workforce ” report from the Harvard Business School and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 60% of business leaders said they expected to increasingly “rent” “borrow” or “share” talent with other companies. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

I would like to address the recent article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on January 18, 2020 by Rachel Feintzeig regarding The Vanishing Executive Assistant. 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.

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9 Heartwarming Thanksgiving Volunteer Opportunities to Spread Joy and Give Back

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Census Bureau shows that formal volunteers gave more than 4 billion hours of service from September 2020 to September 2021. And it won’t be only your community reaping the benefits ; you’ll gain skills and insights from volunteering. You’re not alone. Data from the U.S. You don’t have to donate just food, either.

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6 Ways To Prove That Your Company Isn’t Flex-Washing

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To demonstrate your company’s skill level at asynchronous work, describe a typical day for your remote workers. Do people block out “deep thinking” time on their calendars? Companies that have fully embraced the new normal of remote work probably aren’t using their office space in the same way they were in early 2020.

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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

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In its fourth quarter of 2020 and first quarter of 2021 financial reports—while many other companies were experiencing layoffs and frantically downsizing—BELAY announced record-breaking numbers. The choice to send workers home felt temporary in 2020. Virtual assistants, it appears, are part of the new normal. “You

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

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in 2020 to 8.5% Finding the right person for the job for our team and our customers depends on their skills and performance – not on their location. . Use a cultural calendar to avoid setting meetings on holidays. Leverage existing and emerging technologies to enhance collaboration, connection, trust, and productivity. .

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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My book about the move towards four-day workweek, Shorter , was published in the US in early March 2020. No company just lopped a day off their calendar. “Instantly, you see happier people,” says Paul McNulty, whose online publishing company adopted this schedule in mid-2020. That’s really great to see.”