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Unveiling the Hidden Potentials of Remote Work Productivity

Allwork

A 2020 Stanford University study revealed that remote workers were 5% more productive than office-bound counterparts. Companies offering remote work options can also save on cost-of-living expenses by hiring talent in more affordable regions, both domestically and internationally. By spring 2022, this figure rose to 9%.

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When It Come to Employee Mental Health, These 10 Companies Are Setting the Example

Success

Unilever Mission Unilever launched a mental health champions program that trains employees to be a listening ear for other employees in times of need. Nearly 4,000 employees have been trained since this launched in 2020. Additionally, the company established a Mental Health 101 Training in 2019.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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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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2019 Joan Burge Innovation Award for Assistants

Office Dynamics

As trailblazers in the administrative training industry, Office Dynamics wanted to celebrate outstanding ideas birthed by administrative and executive assistants. And if you attend our 2020 Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence , please submit your innovative idea. Therefore, I created the Joan Burge Innovation Award in 2019.

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Is Project Management Certification Right for You?

Eat Your Career

In December of 2020, I earned my PMP certification. But I do train on the topic of project management, and I manage a lot of projects on behalf of my clients. It requires formal training, proven project management experience, and passing a challenging exam. Frankly, certification training is not the same as practical training.

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Could Hiring “Hidden Workers” Solve Your Skills Shortage?

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44% of middle-skill hidden workers reported that finding work was just as hard pre-Covid-19 as it was during the research’s 2020 survey period. The first is the widening training gap. . Concurrently, many traditional educational and training providers are finding it hard to keep up with changes to job content. .

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How Employers Can Better Serve Neurodiverse Employees in 2023

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According to 2020 research published in the British Medical Bulletin , “a reasonable estimate of all neurominorities within the population is around 15–20%.” She’s like, ‘my autism won’t allow me to do that,’” when the company suggested charging expenses to a credit card to then be paid back for travel. Be proactive.

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